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