genreexpr.
[ʒɑ̃ʁ]
‘like’ — filler, approximator and sceptical retort in one
In a sentence
- Il est arrivé genre une heure en retard.He turned up like an hour late.
- Prévoyez une tenue simple, genre jean et baskets.Wear something simple, like jeans and trainers.
The French ‘like’ softens numbers and introduces examples, and — said alone with raised eyebrows as ‘Genre !’ — doubles as a beautifully sceptical ‘yeah, right’.
🎬 The word in under a minute
What « genre » means, the register it belongs to (très familier), and two sentences you can use today. A new word every day → Open this short as a page — transcript included →