autobiography en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɔː.tə.baɪˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Indo-European *tó- Proto-Hellenic *autós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón) Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía) Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)der. New Latin biographiabor. English biography English autobiography From auto- + biography.
Meanings
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(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
Here I was interrupted, as I'm so often interrupted when giving my views on the Yeoman's Wedding Song, by her saying that she was dying to hear all about it but would rather wait till she could get it in my autobiography.
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XI:Autobiography […] inevitably consists mainly of extinctions of the truth, shirkings of the truth, partial revealments of the truth, with hardly an instance of plain straight truth […]
1904, Mark Twain, “To W. D. Howells, in New York: Villa di Quarto, Florence, March 14, ’04”, in Albert Bigelow Paine, editor, Mark Twain's Letters, volume 2, published 1917, page 751:
- (uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| autobiographies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
autobiografiction · pseudo-autobiography · autobiographically · autofiction · semiautobiography · autobiographer · autobiographism · autobiographical · autobiografictional
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Translations (70)
tr özyaşamöyküsü (biography of oneself) · xal эврә намтр (biography of oneself) · fr autobiographie (biography of oneself) · tl saribuhay (biography of oneself) · ca autobiografia (biography of oneself) · pl autobiografia (biography of oneself) · de Selbstbiographie (biography of oneself) · udm асулонсюрес (biography of oneself) · cs autobiografie (biography of oneself) · ko 자서전 (biography of oneself) · hi आत्मकथा (biography of oneself) · sw tarijama (biography of oneself) · nn sjølvbiografi (biography of oneself) · th อัตชีวประวัติ (biography of oneself) · it autobiografia (biography of oneself) · nan-hbl 自傳 /自传 (biography of oneself) · hsb awtobiografija (biography of oneself) · ta சுயசரிதை (biography of oneself) · ga dírbheathaisnéis (biography of oneself) · uk автобіогра́фія (biography of oneself) · fo sjálvsævisøga (biography of oneself) · de Lebenserinnerungen (biography of oneself) · da selvbiografi (biography of oneself) · he אוטוביוגרפיה (biography of oneself) · de Autobiografie (biography of oneself) · be аўтабіягра́фія (biography of oneself) · es autobiografía (biography of oneself) · vo oklifajenäd (biography of oneself) · sq autobiografi (biography of oneself) · tl awtobiyograpiya (biography of oneself) · mi haukiri (biography of oneself) · sv självbiografi (biography of oneself) · ja 自叙伝 (biography of oneself) · bg автобиогра́фия (biography of oneself) · sk vlastný životopis (biography of oneself) · ka ავტობიოგრაფია (biography of oneself) · hi आपबीती (biography of oneself) · vi tự truyện (biography of oneself) · ar سِيرَة ذَاتِيَّة (biography of oneself) · el αυτοβιογραφία (biography of oneself) · am የራስ የሕይወት ታሪክ (biography of oneself) · eo membiografio (biography of oneself) · sh autobiografija (biography of oneself) · nl autobiografie (biography of oneself) · fa حسبحال (biography of oneself) · cy hunangofiant (biography of oneself) · lt autobiografija (biography of oneself) · ru автобиогра́фия (biography of oneself) · cs vlastní životopis (biography of oneself) · tr otobiyografi (biography of oneself) · hu önéletrajz (biography of oneself) · mt awtobijografija (biography of oneself) · sh аутобиографија (biography of oneself) · ro autobiografie (biography of oneself) · yue 自傳 /自传 (biography of oneself) · ta தன்வரலாறு (biography of oneself) · gl autobiografía (biography of oneself) · mk автобиографија (biography of oneself) · id autobiografi (biography of oneself) · fi omaelämäkerta (biography of oneself) · hy ինքնակենսագրություն (biography of oneself) · rsk автобиоґрафия (biography of oneself) · cmn 自傳 /自传 (biography of oneself) · ja 自伝 (biography of oneself) · lv autobiogrāfija (biography of oneself) · ast autobiografía (biography of oneself) · nb selvbiografi (biography of oneself) · eo aŭtobiografio (biography of oneself) · yi אויטאָביאָגראַפֿיע (biography of oneself) · pt autobiografia (biography of oneself)