"memory" in seven languages
Meaningmemory
Spanish
memoria
/meˈmoɾja/
fem.learned
A single memory is un recuerdo.
French
mémoire
/memwaʁ/
fem.learned
Le mémoire (masculine) is a dissertation or report.
Italian
memoria
/meˈmɔrja/
fem.learned
A single memory is un ricordo.
Portuguese
memória
/meˈmɔɾjɐ/
fem.learned
A single memory is uma lembrança.
Romanian
memorie
/meˈmorje/
fem.learned
A single memory is o amintire.
Catalan
memòria
/məˈmɔɾiə/
fem.learned
A single memory is un record.
English
memory
/ˈmɛməɹi/
from Latin/French · Anglo-French memorie
English → ItalianmemorymemoriaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MEMORIAM‘memory, remembrance’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French changes meaning with gender: la mémoire 'memory', le mémoire 'thesis' (whence English memoir).
English relatives: memory, memorial, memoir
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In a sentence
- esTengo mala memoria.
- frJ'ai mauvaise mémoire.
- itHo una cattiva memoria.
- ptTenho uma péssima memória.
- roAm o memorie proastă.
- caTinc mala memòria.
- enI have a bad memory.