Translation of Turkish word "tür" to English
tür
/tjɾ/
Meaning
NounA kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
How to use
Means kind, sort, species and genre alike. 'Ne tür?' asks 'what kind?' — 'tür' is wider than the English 'genre' given here. Frequently used in daily conversational Turkish to build natural sentence structures.
🇬🇧 English
genre
Example
Bilgisayar oyunu Half-Life, birinci şahıs nişancı türünü yeniden tanımladı.
The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre.
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Common phrases
- çok tür— very
Frequency rank: #484 in Turkish
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What does the Turkish word "tür" mean?▼
The Turkish word "tür" means "genre" in English.
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Yes, here is a practical example: "Bilgisayar oyunu Half-Life, birinci şahıs nişancı türünü yeniden tanımladı." (which translates as "The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre.").
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