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catégorie

Definitions of catégorie
  1. noun
    a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
    synonyms: famille
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    types:
    espèce, forme, genre, sorte, variété
    a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
    espèce, sorte
    sort or variety
    forme, genre
    a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
    inverse
    an opposite or contrasting type
    forme artistique
    (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)
    style
    a particular kind (as to appearance)
    arôme, goût
    (physics) the six kinds of quarks
    variété, variétés
    a specific kind of something
    genre
    a general kind of something
    genre
    a recognizable kind
    genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
    genre, type
    a kind of person
    modèle
    a type of product
    semblable
    a similar kind
    type of:
    concept, notion
    an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
  2. noun
    a collection of things sharing a common attribute
    synonyms: classe, famille
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    types:
    catégorie grammaticale
    (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
    cas grammatical
    nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
    catégorie grammaticale
    one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
    nombre
    the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
    personne
    a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party
    temps
    a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
    type of:
    accumulation, amoncellement
    several things grouped together or considered as a whole
  3. noun
    a category of merchandise based on their price
    synonyms: tranche
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    type of:
    tranche
    a category falling within certain defined limits
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