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French
Etymology
From Latin memoria.
Pronunciation
Noun
mémoire f (plural mémoires)
- memory
1793, National Convention, Acte constitutionnel [Constitutional Act], Paris: Imprimerie de P. L. Siret, page 10:Les honneurs publics à la mémoire des grands hommes.- The public honors in memory of great men.
- (computing) memory
Noun
mémoire m (plural mémoires)
- memo
- dissertation, paper
- memoir
- (law) brief
1793, National Convention, Acte constitutionnel [Constitutional Act], Paris: Imprimerie de P. L. Siret, page 13:Ils statuent en dernier ressort, sur défenses verbales, ou sur simple mémoire, sans procédures et sans frais.- They, in the last resort, rule upon oral defences, or upon mere brief, without procedures and without charges.
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