"mémoire" meaning in French

See mémoire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /me.mwaʁ/ Audio: Fr-mémoire.ogg Forms: mémoires [plural]
Etymology: From Latin memoria. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|la|memoria}} Latin memoria Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} mémoire f (plural mémoires)
  1. memory Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Memory
    Sense id: en-mémoire-fr-noun-wGT7yp2d Disambiguation of Memory: 38 44 4 2 12 1
  2. (computing) memory Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Computing, Memory
    Sense id: en-mémoire-fr-noun-wGT7yp2d1 Disambiguation of Memory: 38 44 4 2 12 1 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French nouns that have different meanings depending on their gender, French undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 42 18 15 13 11 Disambiguation of French nouns that have different meanings depending on their gender: 7 32 17 12 11 20 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 1 49 17 15 4 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 49 17 7 8 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 59 12 9 6 12 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Noun

IPA: /me.mwaʁ/ Audio: Fr-mémoire.ogg Forms: mémoires [plural]
Etymology: From Latin memoria. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|la|memoria}} Latin memoria Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} mémoire m (plural mémoires)
  1. memo Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mémoire-fr-noun-nCJalQuS
  2. dissertation, paper Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mémoire-fr-noun-35Fgwomb
  3. memoir Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Memory
    Sense id: en-mémoire-fr-noun-93t45~1q Disambiguation of Memory: 38 44 4 2 12 1
  4. (law) brief Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-mémoire-fr-noun-KaiCW9JC Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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