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Gattung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  • genre noun A category of artistic work, especially literature, music, or film, defined by a shared style or subject matter.
  • genus noun A biological classification rank grouping closely related species, sitting below family and above species.
  • voice noun The sound a person produces when speaking or singing.

Senses

Gattung is used for these senses in English:

  • breed (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
  • genre A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
  • genus (ellipsis) A taxon at this rank.
  • genus (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
  • voice (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

breed — full definition

  1. verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  2. verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
  3. verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
  4. noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.

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