mémoire

See also: memoire

French

Etymology

From Latin memoria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.mwaʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

mémoire f (plural mémoires)

  1. memory
    • 1793, National Convention, Acte constitutionnel [Constitutional Act], Paris: Imprimerie de P. L. Siret, page 10:
      Les honneurs publics à la mémoire des grands hommes.
      The public honors in memory of great men.
  2. (computing) memory

Noun

mémoire m (plural mémoires)

  1. memo
  2. dissertation, paper
  3. memoir
  4. (law) brief
    • 1793, National Convention, Acte constitutionnel [Constitutional Act], Paris: Imprimerie de P. L. Siret, page 13:
      Ils statuent en dernier ressort, sur défenses verbales, ou sur simple mémoire, sans procédures et sans frais.
      They, in the last resort, rule upon oral defences, or upon [a] mere brief, without procedures and without charges.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: memwa
  • English: memoir

Further reading

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