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genre

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[ʒɑ̃ʁ] ZHAHNR

‘like’ — filler, approximator and sceptical retort in one

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.
Related words
  • style — like, sort of
  • environ — about, roughly
  • soi-disant — supposedly

The French ‘like’ softens numbers and introduces examples, and — said alone with raised eyebrows as ‘Genre !’ — doubles as a beautifully sceptical ‘yeah, right’.

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