memoirs

mem·oir  (mmwär, -wôr)

n.

1. An account of the personal experiences of an author.

2. An autobiography. Often used in the plural.

3. A biography or biographical sketch.

4. A report, especially on a scientific or scholarly topic.

5. memoirs The report of the proceedings of a learned society.

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[French mémoire, from Old French memoire, memory, from Latin memoria; see memory.]

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memoir·ist n.

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memoirs

Noun, pl

1. a collection of reminiscences about a period or series of events, written from personal experience

2. an autobiography

Thesaurus

memoirs

plural noun autobiography, diary, life story, life, experiences, memories, journals, recollections, reminiscences

Translations

memoirs [ˈmɛmwɑːz] npl → memorias fpl

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memoirs [ˈmɛmwɑːz] npl → Memoiren pl

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memoirs

n pl memoirs [ˈmemwaːz]

a person's written account of his own life; an autobiography When I retire, I'm going to write my memoirs. memoires مُذَكَّرات мемоари paměti erindringer; memoirer die Memoiren (pl.) απομνημονεύματα memorias, autobiografía mälestused زندگی نامه شخصی muistelmat mémoires זִיכרוֹנוֹת जीवनी, वितरण životopis, memoari emlékiratok otobiografi æviminningar, sjálfsævisaga memorie 回顧録 회고록, 자서전 memuarai, atsiminimai memuāri; autobiogrāfija autobiografi memoires selvbiografi, erindringer, memoarer pamiętniki memórias memorii мемуары pamäti spomini memoari memoarer บันทึกชีวิตประจำวัน anılar, hatırat 回憶錄 мемуари, спогади تذکرہ، سوانح hồi ký 回忆录