Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gênero (Brazil)

Noun

género m (plural géneros) (European orthography)

1. kind
2. genus
3. (grammar) gender
4. genre (music)

Related terms

• genérico
• generoso
• gente
• geração
• geral

See also

• tipo
• classe

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxe̞.ne.ɾo̞]

Etymology

From Latin genere, singular ablative of genus, generis, belonging to the Latin third declension, later treated as those of the second one (-us, -i ending).

Noun

género m ‎(plural géneros)

1. (classification) kind
2. style
3. (music, film, theater, TV, literature) genre
4. (taxonomy) genus
5. (biology) gender, sex
6. (grammar) gender
7. (clothing) cloth, material (woven fabric)

Derived terms

• violencia de género

Synonyms

• (kind): clase, especie, suerte, tipo
• (cloth): tela

Related terms

• generación
• general
• genérico
• generoso
• gente
• sui géneris

See also

• taxón