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- Dictionarymemoir/ˈmɛmwɑː/
noun
- 1. a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge: "in 1924 she published a short memoir of her husband" Similar
- 2. an essay on a learned subject: "an important memoir on Carboniferous crustacea"
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A memoir is a written record of a person's own life and experiences or of their knowledge of famous people, places, or events. Learn more about the meaning, usage, and pronunciation of memoir with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
A memoir is a narrative composed from personal experience, an autobiography, or a biography. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of memoir from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
A memoir ( / ˈmɛm.wɑːr /; [1] from French mémoire [me.mwaʁ], from Latin memoria 'memory, remembrance') is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. [2] [3] The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual.
Memoirs are a written record of a famous person's own life and experiences. Learn more about the meaning, usage and translations of memoirs with Cambridge Dictionary.
a book or other piece of writing based on the writer's personal knowledge of famous people, places, or events: She has written a memoir of her encounters with famous movie stars over the years. memoirs [ plural ] (US also memoir) a written record of a usually famous person's own life and experiences: She plans to write her memoirs. See more.
A memoir is an account written by somebody, especially somebody famous, about their life and experiences. Learn how to use the word memoir in different contexts, with pictures, pronunciation and synonyms.
Memoir definition: a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.. See examples of MEMOIR used in a sentence.
