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biography

/baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
bi-og-ra-phy
IPA
/baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person's life story, especially one published.

Countable

noun

The art of writing this kind of story.

Uncountable

verb

To write a biography of.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía) Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)der. New Latin biographiabor. English biography Borrowed from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), from βίος (bíos, life) + -γραφία (-graphía, writing).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/
  • British English: /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

biographies (plural) biographies (present, singular) biographying (participle, present) biographied (participle, past) biographied (past)

Derived Forms

antibiography autobiography biographee biographette biographize biomythography blogography heterobiography minibiography osteobiography photobiography psychobiography

Frequently Paired Words

biodoc biographer biographical biographism biopic hagiography pathography docudrama

Synonyms

life life story life history

Rhymes With

photography geography bibliography pornography autobiography choreography topography cinematography typography chromatography iconography oceanography

Questions

How do you pronounce biography?
The recorded pronunciation is /baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/.
What does biography mean?
A person's life story, especially one published.
Where does biography come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía) Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)der. New Latin biographiabor. English biography Borrowed from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), from βίος (bíos, life) + -γραφία (-graphía, writing).

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