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biography
- /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ UK
- /baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/ US
Rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), from βίος (bíos, life) + -γραφία (-graphía, writing).
noun biographies
- A person's life story, especially one published. There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.
- The art of writing this kind of story. She is best known for biography and history, but she is also a novelist.
verb biographies · biographying · biographied
- To write a biography of.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: life story, life history, life, biographical, autobiography, biographer, memoir, bibliographical, story, sketch, profile, bio, vitae, personal history, memoirs, account
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noun personal life story
| Español | biografía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 전기 jeon'gi |
| 日本語 | 伝記 denki |
| 中文 | 傳記 /传记 zhuànjì |
| हिन्दी | जीवनी jīvnī, जीवनकथा jīvnakthā, ज़िंदगीनामा zindgīnāmā |
| Português | biografia |
| Français | biographie |
| Deutsch | Biografie, Biographie |
| Italiano | biografia |
| Ελληνικά | βιογραφία viografía |
| Română | biografie |
| Русский | биогра́фия biográfija, жизнеописа́ние žizneopisánije |
| Tiếng Việt | tiểu sử |
| العربية | سِيرَة sīra, تَرْجَمَةُ ٱلْحَيَاةِ tarjamatu l-ḥayāti |
| עברית | קורות חיים korót khayím, סיפור חיים sipúr khayím, ביוגרפיה biyográfya |
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title = {biography},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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