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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

memoir

/ˈmɛmˌwɑɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
mem-oir
IPA
/ˈmɛmˌwɑɹ/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.

noun

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.

noun

Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der.? Latin memor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin memoria Old French memoire Middle French memoire French mémoirebor. English memoir Borrowed from French mémoire, from Middle French memoire, from Old French memoire, from Latin memoria. Doublet of memoria and memory.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɛmˌwɑɹ/
  • British English: /ˈmɛmˌwɑː/

Inflected Forms

memoirs (plural)

Derived Forms

countermemoir documemoir dogoir femoir foodoir memoiric memoirish memoirism memoirist memoiristic momoir mumoir

Frequently Paired Words

memory

Questions

How do you pronounce memoir?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛmˌwɑɹ/.
What does memoir mean?
An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
Where does memoir come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der.? Latin memor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin memoria Old French memoire Middle French memoire French mémoirebor. English memoir Borrowed from French mémoire, from Middle French memoire, from Old French memoire, from Latin memoria. Doublet of memoria and memory.

How to pronounce memoir

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