"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), 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Topics: diplomacy, government, politics Disambiguation of 'diplomacy: document': 28 72

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