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English
Etymology
Back-formation from reminiscence, from Latin reminīscēns, present participle of reminīscor (“remember”).
Pronunciation
Verb
reminisce (third-person singular simple present reminisces, present participle reminiscing, simple past and past participle reminisced)
- (intransitive) To recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically.
- (intransitive) To talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories.
- (transitive, chiefly India) To remember fondly; to reminisce about.
- 1994, Iris Dement, "Childhood Memories" (on the album My Life)
- And now when life begins to get the best of me
I reminisce these childhood memories
2006, Amitava Bhattacharya, Selected Novels of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, page 34:He reminisced the old Parvati who was now this Parvati.
2012, Satish C. Bhatnagar, Epsilons and Deltas of Life: Everyday Stories, volume 1, page 16:She fondly reminisced the two years before marriage when Frank served in the US Army.
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Translations
to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 回憶／回忆 (zh) (huíyì), 追憶／追忆 (zh) (zhuīyì), 緬懷／缅怀 (zh) (miǎnhuái), 敘舊／叙旧 (zh) (xùjiù), 話舊／话旧 (zh) (huàjiù), 懷舊／怀旧 (zh) (huáijiù)
- Czech: vzpomínat (cs) impf, vzpomenout (cs) pf
- Finnish: muistella (fi)
- French: évoquer des réminiscences, se remémorer (fr)
- German: in Erinnerungen schwelgen
- Greek: αναπολώ (el) (anapoló)
- Hindi: याद करना (hi) (yād karnā)
- Hungarian: felidézi a múltat, nosztalgiázik (hu)
- Italian: rammentare (it), rievocare (it), ricordare (it)
- Korean: 추억하다 (ko) (chueokhada)
- Marathi: (please verify) भूतकाळ आठवणे (bhūtkāḷ āṭhavṇe), (please verify) आठवण काढणे (āṭhvaṇ kāḍhṇe), (please verify) गतकाळातील स्मृतींना उजाळा देणे (gatkāḷātīl smŕtīnnā ujāḷā deṇe)
- Norwegian: mimre
- Polish: wspominać (pl) impf, wspomnieć (pl) pf, powspominać impf
- Russian: вспомина́ть (ru) impf (vspominátʹ), вспо́мнить (ru) pf (vspómnitʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: cuimhnich
- Spanish: añorar (es), rememorar (es)
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to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories
Noun
reminisce (plural reminisces)
- (informal) An act of reminiscence.
2017, Alastair Campbell, Diaries Volume 6: From Blair to Brown, 2005 – 2007:I met up with Alastair McQueen [former Mirror colleague] and we had a reminisce.
Latin
Verb
reminīsce
- second-person singular present active imperative of reminīscō