how to pronounce genre

/ʒɑ̃ʁ/

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genre is pronounced in one syllable

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1.

ɑ̃

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An example use of genre in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… besoin de voir ce genre de choses ça ça …”

meanings of genre

noun:

Gender (identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc).
The done thing.
Gender (of nouns).
Voice (of verbs).
Style.
Kind.
Genus.
Look, type.

particle:

Like.

genre frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word genre occurs in french on average 257.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.