memoir

noun

USMEM-wahr/ˈmɛmˌwɑɹ/SayMEM-wahUK/ˈmɛmˌwɑː/AUS/ˈmemˌwɐː/

3 meanings of memoir

1
nouncountable
A book in which an author recounts their own life and personal experiences.
Her bestselling memoir traced her childhood in postwar Italy.
After retiring, the general published a memoir of his decades in uniform.
Similarautobiography
2
nouncountable
A narrative in any form in which a writer describes their own personal experiences.
The magazine published a memoir in the form of letters home from the front.
Each essay in the collection works as a brief memoir of one summer abroad.
Similarreminiscence, account, recollection
3
nouncountable
A book describing the life of another person, based on personal knowledge of the subject or on accounts from people who knew them.
His memoir of the composer drew on letters and interviews with close friends.
The aide's memoir of the senator was based on years of working at his side.
Similarbiography

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Origin

From French mémoire ("memoir"), from Latin memoria ("memory"). It is a doublet of memoria and memory.