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Pronunciation / Transliteration: gieok
"어릴 적 기억이 생생하게 남아 있다."
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The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.
"As people age, their short-term memory may begin to decline slightly." - 2
Something remembered from the past; a recollection.
"She shared a cherished childhood memory of her grandfather's garden."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'memorie', originating from Old French 'memorie' and ultimately from Latin 'memoria', meaning mindfulness or recollection, connected to the root 'memor' (mindful). Over time, the term evolved from general mindfulness into the specific cognitive faculty of encoding, storing, and retrieving information.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Memory" is said worldwide
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mémoire
Transliteration: memm-wahr
"Il a une excellente mémoire pour les chiffres."
Gedächtnis
Transliteration: geh-dech-tnis
"Sie hat ein gutes Gedächtnis für Gesichter."
memoria
Transliteration: meh-moh-ree-ah
"I ricordi d'infanzia restano impressi nella memoria."
memoria
Transliteration: meh-moh-ree-ah
"Tengo una memoria muy clara de aquel viaje."
memória
Transliteration: meh-moh-ree-ah
"Esta música traz boas memórias da minha juventude."
स्मृति
Transliteration: smriti
"उसकी याददाश्त बहुत तेज़ है।"
记忆
Transliteration: jì yì
"童年的记忆总是美好的。"
기억
Transliteration: gieok
"어릴 적 기억이 생생하게 남아 있다."
記憶
Transliteration: kioku
"彼女は子供の頃の記憶があまりない。"
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