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category

/ˈkætəɡɔːri/

EN

A group of people or things sharing shared qualities or characteristics; a class or division in a system of classification

The books are organized into the category of science fiction and fantasy.

Etymology

This word comes from the Latin word 'categoria', which itself derives from the Ancient Greek 'katēgoria' meaning 'accusation, predicate, category', first adopted into English in the 14th century.

Translations

简体中文
类别,分类,范畴
繁體中文
類別,分類,範疇
日本語
カテゴリ,種別,分類
한국어
카테고리,분류,범주
Deutsch
Kategorie,Klasse,Sorte
Español
categoría,clase,tipo
Português
categoria,classe,tipo
Français
catégorie,classe,genre
Tiếng Việt
danh mục,loại,phân loại

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