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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "mémoire",
"4": "",
"5": "memoir"
},
"expansion": "French mémoire (“memoir”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "memoria",
"4": "",
"5": "memory"
},
"expansion": "Latin memoria (“memory”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "memoria",
"3": "memory"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of memoria and memory",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French mémoire (“memoir”), from Latin memoria (“memory”). Doublet of memoria and memory.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "memoirs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "memoir (plural memoirs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"mem‧oir"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "memory"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "35 41 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Books",
"orig": "en:Books",
"parents": [
"Literature",
"Mass media",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Media",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "When I retire, I'm going to write my memoirs.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author."
],
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"links": [
[
"autobiography",
"autobiography"
],
[
"personal",
"personal"
],
[
"author",
"author"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "kujtime"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muḏakkarāt",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "مُذَكَّرَات"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muḏakkirāt",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "مُذَكِّرَات"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hušagrutʿyun",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "հուշագրություն"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hušer",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "հուշեր"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "xatirələr"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "xatirat"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "memuarlar"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mjemuáry",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "мемуа́ры"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "memuáry",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "мэмуа́ры"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "uspamíny",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "успамі́ны"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "memoári",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "мемоа́ри"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spómeni",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "спо́мени"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "回憶錄"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"alt": "wui⁴ jik¹ luk⁶⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "回忆录"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "回憶錄"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huíyìlù",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "回忆录"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "paměti"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "memoáry"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "memoirer"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "erindringer"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "memoires"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "gedenkschriften"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "mälestusteraamat"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "elulugu"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "memuaarid"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "muistelmat"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "muistelmateos"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "mémoires"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "memuari",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "მემუარი"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Memoiren"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Lebenserinnerungen"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apomnimonévmata",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "απομνημονεύματα"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hupmnḗmata",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "ὑπμνήματα"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sansmaraṇ",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "संस्मरण"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "memoár"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "emlékirat"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "is",
"english": "book",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "endurminningabók"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "memoar"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "memorie"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"alt": "かいそうろく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaisōroku",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "回想録"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"alt": "かいころく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaikoroku",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "回顧録"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "estelıknama",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "естелікнама"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"alt": "回想錄",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hoesangnok",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "회상록"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"alt": "回顧錄",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hoegorok",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "회고록"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "memuarlar",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "мемуарлар"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ban thưk khuām song cham",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "ບັນທຶກຄວາມຊົງຈຳ"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "memuāri"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "memuarai"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "atsiminimai"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "memoár",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мемоа́р"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "memoir"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "kupu whakamahara"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "nb",
"english": "memoirs",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "memoarer"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "nn",
"english": "memoirs",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "memoarar"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xâterât",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "خاطِرات"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šarx-e-xâl",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "شَرححال"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "yâddâšt",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "یادداشت"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Denkjschreft"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pamiętnik"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "memória"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "memorii"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "memuáry",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "мемуа́ры"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vospominánija",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "воспомина́ния"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "мемо̀а̄р"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "memòār"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "memoáre"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "pamäti"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "memoari"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "spomini"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "memoria"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "kumbukumbu"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "minne"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "memoarer"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "talang-gunita"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "talanggunita"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "talang-alaala"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "yoddošt",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "ёддошт"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "yoddoštho",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "ёддоштҳо"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xotirot",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "хотирот"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "hatırat"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "andaç"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "anı"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "memuáry",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "мемуа́ри"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spómyny",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "спо́мини"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spóhady",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "спо́гади"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pámʺjatnyk",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"regional"
],
"word": "па́м'ятник"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zapyský",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "записки́"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "yāddāśt",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "یادداشْت"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "memuarlar"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "xotiralar"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 16 18",
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"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "воспомина́ния"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "мемо̀а̄р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "memòār"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "memoáre"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "pamäti"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "memoari"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "spomini"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "memoria"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "kumbukumbu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "minne"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "memoarer"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "talang-gunita"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "talanggunita"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "talang-alaala"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "yoddošt",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "ёддошт"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "yoddoštho",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "ёддоштҳо"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xotirot",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "хотирот"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "hatırat"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "andaç"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "anı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "memuáry",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "мемуа́ри"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spómyny",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "спо́мини"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spóhady",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "спо́гади"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pámʺjatnyk",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"regional"
],
"word": "па́м'ятник"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zapyský",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "записки́"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "yāddāśt",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "یادداشْت"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "memuarlar"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "xotiralar"
},
{
"alt": "回記",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "hồi ký"
},
{
"alt": "論文",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"word": "luận văn"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "memuarn",
"sense": "book describing the personal experiences of an author",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "מעמואַרן"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer",
"word": "muistelma"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ğūmyrnama",
"sense": "any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer",
"word": "ғұмырнама"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ömırbaän",
"sense": "any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer",
"word": "өмірбаян"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer",
"word": "kupu whakamahara"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "memuáry",
"sense": "any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "мемуа́ры"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer",
"word": "hatırat"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer",
"word": "andaç"
},
{
"alt": "傳記",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer",
"word": "truyện ký"
}
],
"word": "memoir"
}
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