countable
count
common
concrete
kind, category, sort.
What type of food do you like?
ما هو صنفُ الطّعام الذي تحبّه؟
There are different types of personalities.
يوجدُ نوعياتٌ مختلفةٌ من الشّخصيّات.
Horror movies are not my type.
الأفلامُ المرعبة ليست نوعيّ المفضل.
This type of violence has been observed through years.
لُوحظَ هذا النّوع من العنف على مدى سنوات.
Do blood types affect people's health?
هل يؤثّر نوع الدّم على صحة الإنسان؟
Late 15th century (in the sense 'symbol, emblem'): from French, or from Latin typus, from Greek tupos 'impression, figure, type', from tuptein 'to strike'. The use in printing dates from the early 18th century; the general sense 'category with common characteristics' arose in the mid 19th century.