category
The French word 'catégorie' is used similarly to the English word 'category'. It refers to a particular type or class of things or people. For example, it can be used in the context of classifying objects, ideas, items in a store, types of movies etc. It's important to remember that, like all French nouns, 'catégorie' has a gender, which is feminine in this case.
I like the category of historical novels in this bookstore.
This sentence expresses someone's liking for a specific category, in this case historical novels, at a bookstore. The noun 'catégorie' is used here to describe a specific group of books at a specific location.
This category of cars is very fuel-efficient.
In this sentence, the speaker is making an observation about a category of cars that are fuel-efficient. 'Catégorie' here is used to denote a certain group of cars.
Each category of animals has its own unique characteristics.
This phrase is stating that every category, or group, of animals has their own unique characteristics. 'Catégorie' is used to classify different types of animals.