mnemonic
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mnemonic¹
- /nɪˈmɒnɪk/ Australia, UK
- /nə-/ Australia, UK
- /nəˈmɑnɪk/ US
- /ni-/ US
Sounds like pneumonic (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɒnɪk
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin mnemonicus or its etymon Ancient Greek μνημονῐκός (mnēmonĭkós, “pertaining to memory or remembrance, memorial”) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Mνημονῐκός (Mnēmonĭkós) is derived from μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “mindful, remembering”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives); while μνήμων (mnḗmōn) is from μνάομαι (mnáomai, “to be mindful, remember”) (from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to mind; to think”)) + -μων (-mōn, suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns).
Cognates
* French mnémonique (adjective)
* German mnemonisch
* Italian mnemonico
* Portuguese mnemónica
adjective mnemonick
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Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.
Similar: anamnestic, memorial, mnemonical · Opposite: antimnemonic
- Of or relating to mnemonics (“the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily”).
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Of or relating to memory.
Similar: mnestic
mnemonic²
- /nɪˈmɒnɪk/ Australia, UK
- /nə-/ Australia, UK
- /nəˈmɑnɪk/ US
- /ni-/ US
Sounds like pneumonic (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɒnɪk
Where it comes from
Noun sense 1 (“something used to help in remembering a thing”) is borrowed from Latin mnēmonicum (“something used to help in remembering a thing”), from Ancient Greek μνημονικόν (mnēmonikón, “something used to help in remembering a thing”), a noun use of the neuter form of μνημονῐκός (mnēmonĭkós, adjective): see etymology 1. Noun sense 3 (“synonym of mnemonics”) is borrowed from Late Latin mnemonica, a noun use of the feminine form of mnemonicus: see etymology 1.
Cognates
* French mnémonique (noun)
* German Mnemonik
* Italian mnemonica
* Portuguese mnemónico
noun mnemonics · mnemonick
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Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid.
Mr Avery was a great believer in mnemonics; he had one for every possible aspect of flying – which was as good a way as any for student pilots to familiarise themselves with their new environment, but unless used on a daily basis could also be dangerous, for there were so many of them.
Similar: aide-mémoire, mnemonicon
- The human-readable, textual form of an assembly language instruction, not including operands.
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Synonym of mnemonics (“the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily”).
Similar: mnemonics
Translations
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adj especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering
| Español | mnemónico, mnemotécnico, nemotécnico |
|---|---|
| Português | mnemônico |
| Deutsch | mnemonisch |
| Italiano | mnemonico, mnemotecnico |
| Română | mnemotehnic |
adj of or relating to mnemonics
| Español | mnemotécnico, nemotécnico |
|---|---|
| Português | mnemônico, mnemónico, mnemotécnico |
| Français | mnémonique, mnémotechnique |
| Deutsch | mnemonisch |
| Русский | мнемони́ческий mnemoníčeskij |
noun something used to help in remembering a thing
| Español | mnemónico, mnemotecnia, mnemotécnica, nemotecnia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 기억술 gieoksul |
| 日本語 | 語呂合わせ goroawase, 記憶法 kiokuhō |
| 中文 | 記憶術 /记忆术 jìyìshù, 助憶 /助忆 zhùyì |
| हिन्दी | निमोनिक nimonik |
| Português | mnemônica, mnemónica |
| Français | mnémonique, mnémotechnie, mnémotechnique, moyen mnémotechnique |
| Deutsch | Mnemonik, Eselsbrücke, Merkhilfe, Merkspruch, Memorierungshilfe, Gedächtnishilfe |
| Italiano | mnemonica |
| Ελληνικά | μνημονικός κανόνας mnimonikós kanónas |
| Русский | мнемо́ника mnemónika, мнемоте́хника mnemotéxnika |
| العربية | اِسْتِذْكَار istiḏkār |
| עברית | מנמוניקה |
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title = {mnemonic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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