memoir
Syllables: mem·oir/ˈmɛmˌwɑː/US/ˈmɛmˌwɑɹ/
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memoir noun: an autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
Noun
memoir (plural memoirs)
- An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
- When I retire, I'm going to write my memoirs.
- 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.
- James wrote a memoir of his grandmother shortly after she passed away.
- Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer.
memoir meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
memoir in Hindi
- book describing the personal experiences of an author
- संस्मरण sansmaraṇ
memoir in Tamil
- வாழ்க்கை நினைவுக் குறிப்பு
memoir in Urdu
- book describing the personal experiences of an author
- یادداشْت yāddāśt
memoir in Bengali
- স্মৃতিকথা, জীবনস্মৃতি, সংক্ষিপ্ত জীবনী
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- memoir in Malayalam
- ആത്മകഥാപരമായ അനുസ്മരണകൾ, ഓർമ്മക്കുറിപ്പ്, അനുസ്മരണലേഖനം
- memoir in Kannada
- ತನ್ಕತೆ, ತಿಳಿವಿಗರ ಹೇಳಿವೆ, ಆತ್ಮಚರಿತ್ರೆ, ನೆನಹು
- memoir in Tagalog
- talang-gunita, talanggunita, talang-alaala
- memoir in Arabic
- مُذَكَّرَات muḏakkarāt, مُذَكِّرَات muḏakkirāt
- memoir in Malay
- memoir
- memoir in Indonesian
- memoar
- memoir in Persian
- خاطِرات xâterât, شَرححال šarx-e-xâl, یادداشت yâddâšt
- memoir in Vietnamese
- hồi ký, luận văn, truyện ký
Examples of memoir in a sentence
- His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive.
- The statesman's tell-all memoirs were not published until long after death.
- Now that he's entering his twilight years, he's writing his memoirs.
Forms of memoir
| plural | memoirs |
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Origin of memoir
Borrowed from French mémoire, from Middle French memoire, from Old French memoire, from Latin memoria. Doublet of memoria and memory.
Words formed from memoir
Questions about memoir
- What does memoir mean?
- Memoir means an autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
- What is memoir in Hindi?
- Memoir in Hindi is संस्मरण (sansmaraṇ). See Memoir meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is memoir?
- Memoir is a noun.
- How do you pronounce memoir?
- Memoir is pronounced /ˈmɛmˌwɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of memoir?
- The plural of memoir is memoirs.
Words near memoir in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: memoir (page history and authors); memoir (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); memoir (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); memoir (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); memoir (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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