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Pronunciation / Transliteration: biografia
"Ele publicou uma biografía sobre o presidente."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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An account of a person's life written by someone else.
"She is reading a new biography of Abraham Lincoln."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the mid-17th century Modern Latin word biographia, which combines the Greek roots bios meaning 'life' and graphia meaning 'writing'. It originally referred to the written history of a person's life and has since evolved to include shortened modern colloquial forms like bio.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Biography" is said worldwide
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biographie
Transliteration: biographie
"Il a écrit une biographie fascinante sur Napoléon."
Biografie
Transliteration: Biografie
"Sie liest gerade eine Biografie über Albert Einstein."
biografia
Transliteration: biografia
"Ho comprato una biografia di Leonardo da Vinci."
biografía
Transliteration: biografia
"Esta biografía detalla la vida del famoso pintor."
biografia
Transliteration: biografia
"Ele publicou uma biografía sobre o presidente."
जीवनी
Transliteration: jeevani
"मैंने महात्मा गांधी की जीवनी पढ़ी।"
传记
Transliteration: zhuànjì
"这本书是一部很棒的名人传记。"
전기
Transliteration: jeon-gi
"나는 위대한 과학자의 전기를 읽었다."
伝記
Transliteration: denki
"彼女は彼の伝記を書いている。"
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