memoir
English
/ˈmɛmˌwɑː/, /ˈmɛmˌwɑɹ/, /ˈmɛmˌɔɪɚ/
noun
Definitions
- An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
- A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.
- Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer.
Etymology
Derived from French mémoire (memoir) derived from Latin memoria (memory, the faculty of remembering, a historical account, remembrance).
Origin
Latin
memoria
Gloss
memory, the faculty of remembering, a historical account, remembrance
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- memoiric English
- memoirish English
- memoirism English
- memoirist English
- memoiristic English
- memoria English
- memor Latin
- memoria Latin
- memória Hungarian
- memoria Italian
- aide-mémoire French
- mémoire French
- mémoriser French
- *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European
- memoire Old French
- memòria Catalan, Valencian
- myfyrio Welsh
- mebuir Old Irish
- Memoire Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- memöia Ligurian
- memwar Mauritian Creole
- memwar Seychellois Creole