Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Genre \Gen"re\, n.
   Kind; genus; class; form; style, esp. in literature.

         French drama was lisping or still inarticulate; the
         great French genre of the fabliau was hardly born.
                                                  --Saintsbury.

         A particular demand . . . that we shall pay special
         attention to the matter of genres -- that is, to the
         different forms or categories of literature. --W. P.
                                                  Trent.

Genre \Genre\ (zh[aum]N"r'), n. [F. See {Gender}.] (Fine Arts)
   A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which
   illustrates everyday life and manners.

Source : WordNet®

genre
     n 1: a kind of literary or artistic work
     2: a style of expressing yourself in writing [syn: {writing
        style}, {literary genre}]
     3: an expressive style of music [syn: {music genre}, {musical
        genre}, {musical style}]
     4: a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a
        characteristic form or technique