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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I. mémoire [memwaʀ] N m

1. mémoire ADMIN (rapport):

mémoire: memo

2. mémoire UNIV (exposé):

mémoire: dissertation (sur on)

3. mémoire LAW:

mémoire: statement of case

4. mémoire (pour coûts):

mémoire: memorandum

II. mémoire [memwaʀ] N f

1. mémoire (faculté):

mémoire: memory

mémoire auditive/visuelle: auditive/visual memory

avoir de la mémoire: to have a good memory

si j'ai bonne mémoire: if I remember rightly

ne pas avoir de mémoire: to have a bad memory

sa mémoire la trahit souvent: her memory often lets her down

avoir la mémoire des dates/visages: to have a good memory for dates/faces

une histoire gravée dans ma mémoire: a story engraved on my memory

quand il s'agit de l'argent qu'on te doit, tu retrouves vite la mémoire! hum: when someone owes you money, you remember fast enough!

mon grand-père sera toujours présent dans ma mémoire: I will always remember my grandfather

des faits qui sont dans toutes les mémoires: facts that everyone remembers

ça m'est soudain revenu en mémoire: it suddenly came back to me

je n'ai pas cette affaire en mémoire: I can't call that matter to mind

ça m'est resté en mémoire: I have never forgotten it

j'ai toujours son visage en mémoire: I still remember his/her face

chacun a gardé en mémoire cette image: everyone remembers that image

citer de mémoire: to quote from memory

de mémoire d'homme: in living memory

de mémoire de journaliste, on n'avait jamais vu cela: no journalist could remember such a thing happening before

la mémoire collective: collective memory

2. mémoire:

mémoire (souvenir): memory (de of)

mémoire (réputation): reputation, good name (de of)

honorer la mémoire des soldats disparus: to honour the memory of the fallen soldiers

venger/réhabiliter la mémoire de qn: to avenge/to clear sb's reputation ou good name

en mémoire de: to the memory of, in memory of

d'illustre/de sinistre mémoire personnage, fait: illustrious/sinister

pour mémoire (à titre de rappel): for the record

pour mémoire (pour conserver): for reference

je mentionne ce dossier pour mémoire seulement: I mention this file for the record only

garder un dossier pour mémoire: to keep a document for reference

3. mémoire COMPUT:

mémoire (espace adressable): memory

mémoire (unité fonctionnelle): storage

une mémoire de 640K: a 640K memory

la capacité de mémoire: the memory capacity ou size

mettre des données en mémoire: to input data

calculatrice/téléphone à mémoire: calculator/telephone with a memory

III. Mémoires N mpl

Mémoires mpl LIT (souvenirs):

Mémoires: memoirs

IV. mémoire [memwaʀ]

mémoire à accès direct: random access memory, RAM

mémoire centrale: main storage ou memory

mémoire dynamique: dynamic memory, DOM

mémoire externe: external storage

mémoire immunologique: immunological memory

mémoire interne: internal memory ou storage

mémoire de maîtrise UNIV: dissertation (which constitutes part of the French master's degree)

mémoire morte, MEM: read-only memory, ROM

mémoire principale: main storage ou memory

mémoire tampon: buffer memory

mémoire vidéo: video RAM, VRAM, video memory

mémoire vive, MEV: random access memory, RAM

V. mémoire [memwaʀ]

avoir la mémoire courte: to have a short memory

aide-mémoire <pl aide-mémoire, aide-mémoires> [ɛdmemwaʀ] N m

aide-mémoire: aide-mémoire form

c'est mon aide-mémoire: I use it to jog my memory

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memoirs: Mémoires mpl (of, on sur)

storage device: mémoire f

associative store: mémoire f associative

video RAM: mémoire f vidéo

buffer store: mémoire f tampon

backing store: mémoire f auxiliaire

read-write memory: mémoire f vive

read-only memory: mémoire f morte

in the PONS Dictionary

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mémoire¹ [memwaʀ] N f

1. mémoire (capacité):

mémoire: memory

avoir la mémoire des chiffres/dates: to have a good memory for figures/dates

si j'ai bonne mémoire: if my memory serves me

il se remet qc en mémoire: he reminds himself of sth

pour mémoire: for the record

faire qc à la mémoire de qn: to do sth in sb's memory

2. mémoire COMPUT:

mémoire: memory

mémoire cache/centrale: cache/core memory

mémoire externe/interne: external/internal store

mémoire morte [ou en lecture seule]: read only memory

mémoire RAM: random access memory

mémoire ROM: read only memory

mémoire tampon: buffer

mémoire virtuelle: virtual storage

mémoire vive [ou à accès direct]: random access memory

mémoire² [memwaʀ] N m

1. mémoire pl (journal):

mémoire: memoir

2. mémoire (dissertation):

mémoire: dissertation

3. mémoire (exposé):

mémoire: paper

aide-mémoire [ɛdmemwaʀ] N m inv

1. aide-mémoire SCHOOL:

aide-mémoire: notes pl

2. aide-mémoire (feuille):

aide-mémoire: aide-mémoire form

intituler un livre “Mémoires”: to title a book “Memoirs”

être intitulé “Mémoires”: to be entitled “Memoirs”

s'intituler “Mémoires”: to be entitled “Memoirs”

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memoir: mémoire m

memoir(s): mémoires fpl

reminiscence: mémoires fpl

random access memory: mémoire f vive

read only memory: mémoire f morte

reminder: aide-mémoire m inv

memory chip: puce f mémoire

in the PONS Dictionary

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mémoire¹ [memwaʀ] N f

1. mémoire (capacité):

mémoire: memory

avoir la mémoire des chiffres/dates: to have a good memory for figures/dates

si j'ai bonne mémoire: if my memory serves me

il se remet qc en mémoire: he reminds himself of sth

pour mémoire: for the record

faire qc à la mémoire de qn: to do sth in sb's memory

2. mémoire inform:

mémoire: memory

mémoire cache/centrale: cache/core memory

mémoire morte [ou en lecture seule]: read-only memory

mémoire RAM: random-access memory

mémoire ROM: read-only memory

mémoire tampon: buffer

mémoire virtuelle: virtual storage

mémoire vive [ou à accès direct]: random-access memory

mémoire² [memwaʀ] N m

1. mémoire pl (journal):

mémoire: memoir

2. mémoire (dissertation):

mémoire: dissertation

3. mémoire (exposé):

mémoire: paper

aide-mémoire [ɛdmemwaʀ] N m inv

1. aide-mémoire SCHOOL:

aide-mémoire: notes pl

2. aide-mémoire (feuille):

aide-mémoire: aide-mémoire form

intituler un livre “Mémoires”: to title a book “Memoirs”

être intitulé “Mémoires”: to be entitled “Memoirs”

s'intituler “Mémoires”: to be entitled “Memoirs”

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memoir: mémoire m

memoir(s): mémoires mpl

reminiscence: mémoires fpl

read-only memory: mémoire f morte

memory chip: puce f mémoire

random access memory: mémoire f vive

memory: mémoire f

to have a memory for names/numbers: avoir la mémoire des noms/chiffres

from memory: de mémoire

to have a memory like an elephant: avoir une mémoire d'éléphant

if my memory serves me right: si ma mémoire est bonne

memory: mémoire f

OFAJ Glossary "Intégration et égalité des chances"

devoir de mémoire: coming to terms with the past

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intituler un livre “Mémoires”: to title a book “Memoirs”

être intitulé “Mémoires”: to be entitled “Memoirs”

s'intituler “Mémoires”: to be entitled “Memoirs”

rayer un souvenir de sa mémoire: to blot out a memory

avoir qc présent à l'esprit/à la mémoire: to have sth in one's mind/memory

se graver dans la mémoire de qn: to be engraved on sb's memory

insulte à la mémoire de qn/religion: insult to the memory of sb/to religion

fresh in sb's mind: tout frais dans la mémoire de qc

to have a memory like a sieve: avoir la mémoire comme une passoire

to stick in sb's mind: rester gravé dans la mémoire de qn

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