Memoir In English



Girish Karnad's memoir, which was to be translated from Kannada into English by the actor-playwright himself but could only finish a part of it before his death in 2019, will now be out in May. How to pronounce memoir. How to say memoir. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the Cambridge English Dictionary.


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mem·oir

(mĕm′wär′, -wôr′)n.
1. An account of the personal experiences of an author.
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.
[French mémoire, from Old French memoire, memory, from Latin memoria; see memory.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

memoir

(ˈmɛmwɑː)

What Is A Memoir In English Language

n
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a biography or historical account, esp one based on personal knowledge
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an essay or monograph, as on a specialized topic
3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) obsolete a memorandum
ˈmemoiristn
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mem•oir

(ˈmɛm wɑr, -wɔr)
n.
1. a record of events based on the writer's personal observation.
2. Usu., memoirs.
b. the published proceedings of an organization, as of a learned society.
Memoir In English
[1560–70; < French mémoire < Latin memoria]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

memoir

A biography or historical account based on personal knowledge; stylistically, memoirs usually indicate fragments of autobiography rather than a complete retelling.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
Noun1.memoir - an account of the author's personal experiences
autobiography - a biography of yourself
2.memoir - an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic
essay - an analytic or interpretive literary composition
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

memoir

nounaccount, life, record, register, journal, essay, biography, narrative, monographHe has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

memoir

nounA narrative of experiences undergone by the writer:
commentary (often used in plural), reminiscence (often used in plural).
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

memoir

[ˈmemwɑːʳ]N
1.memoirs (= autobiography) → memoriasfpl, autobiografíafsing
3. (= essay) → memoriaf
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

memoir

n
memoirspl → Memoirenpl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

memoir

[ˈmɛmwɑːʳ]n (essay) → ; (biography) → nota biografica
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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