"aide-mémoire" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌeɪd.mɛmˈwɑː/ Forms: aide-mémoires [plural], aides-mémoire [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French aide-mémoire (literally “memory aid”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|aide-mémoire|lit=memory aid}} Unadapted borrowing from French aide-mémoire (literally “memory aid”) Head templates: {{en-noun|aide-mémoires|aides-mémoire}} aide-mémoire (plural aide-mémoires or aides-mémoire)
  1. A memory aid; a reminder or memorandum, especially a book or document serving this purpose. Synonyms: pro memoria Translations (reminder): muistin tuki (Finnish), muistikirja (english: book) (Finnish), muistilappu (english: piece of paper) (Finnish), nota tambahan (Indonesian), pro memoria [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-aide-mémoire-en-noun-e2EllEMa Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of 'reminder': 80 20
  2. (diplomacy) A document circulated in a meeting or summit for discussion purposes. Categories (topical): Diplomacy Synonyms: pro memoria, non-paper Translations (diplomacy: document): muistio (Finnish), keskustelumuistio (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-aide-mémoire-en-noun-NsPX6Gug Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86 Topics: diplomacy, government, politics Disambiguation of 'diplomacy: document': 28 72

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