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Pronunciation / Transliteration: Memoiren
"Ihre Memoiren wurden ein Bestseller."
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A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.
"She published a touching memoir about her childhood in wartime Europe."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From French mémoire, from Latin memoria 'memory, remembrance', from memor 'mindful'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "memoir" is said worldwide
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mémoire
Transliteration: memoir
"Il a écrit ses mémoires après sa carrière politique."
Memoiren
Transliteration: Memoiren
"Ihre Memoiren wurden ein Bestseller."
memorie
Transliteration: memorie
"Ha pubblicato le sue memorie l'anno scorso."
memoria
Transliteration: memoria
"El libro es una memoria conmovedora de su juventud."
memórias
Transliteration: memorias
"Ela escreveu suas memórias sobre os anos de guerra."
संस्मरण
Transliteration: sansmaran
"यह पुस्तक लेखक का एक संस्मरण है।"
回忆录
Transliteration: huíyìlù
"他 spent 两年时间写他的回忆录。"
회고록
Transliteration: hoegorok
"그는 자신의 삶에 대한 회고록을 출판했습니다."
回想録
Transliteration: kaisōroku
"彼女の回想録は世界中で読まれています。"
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