<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre of epic poetry; the genre of symphonic music.</li><li>Fine Arts: paintings in which scenes of everyday life form the subject matter.</li><li>a realistic style of painting using such subject matter.</li><li>genus; kind; sort; style.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Fine Arts: of or relating to genre.</li><li>of or relating to a distinctive literary type.</li></ul>