biography en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree 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 Borrowed from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), from βίος (bíos, life) + -γραφία (-graphía, writing).
Meanings
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(countable) A person's life story, especially one published.
There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.
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(uncountable) The art of writing this kind of story.
She is best known for biography and history, but she is also a novelist.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| biographies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
heterobiography · psychobiography · biographize · autobiography · antibiography · minibiography · biographette · biomythography · blogography · photobiography · osteobiography · biographee
Relateds
biopic · docudrama · biodoc · biographism · biographical · hagiography · pathography · biographer
Translations (97)
hi ज़िंदगीनामा (personal life story) · th ชีวประวัติ (personal life story) · uk біогра́фія (personal life story) · mn ᠴᠠᠳᠢᠭ (personal life story) · sk životopis (personal life story) · sl življenjepis (personal life story) · az bioqrafiya (personal life story) · cop ⲃⲓⲟⲥ (personal life story) · de Biografie (personal life story) · it biografia (personal life story) · es biografía (personal life story) · hu biográfia (personal life story) · gd eachdraidh-beatha (personal life story) · fi elämäkerta (personal life story) · hi जीवनकथा (personal life story) · ota تذكره (personal life story) · mk биографија (personal life story) · mn ᠨᠠᠮᠲᠠᠷ (personal life story) · mi haurongo (personal life story) · ro biografie (personal life story) · mn намтар (personal life story) · he סיפור חיים (personal life story) · he ביוגרפיה (personal life story) · gd beath-eachdraidh (personal life story) · ar سِيرَة (personal life story) · my အတ္ထုပ္ပတ္တိ (personal life story) · hy կենսագրություն (personal life story) · lt biografija (personal life story) · he קורות חיים (personal life story) · ar تَرْجَمَةُ ٱلْحَيَاةِ (personal life story) · lo ຊີວະປະຫວັດ (personal life story) · az tərcümeyi-hal (personal life story) · de Biographie (personal life story) · tr tercümeihâl (personal life story) · ka ბიოგრაფია (personal life story) · xal намтр (personal life story) · ky өмүрбаян (personal life story) · oc biografia (personal life story) · ast biografía (personal life story) · ug تەرجىمەھال (personal life story) · cs životopis (personal life story) · pl biografia (personal life story) · tr biyografi (personal life story) · el βιογραφία (personal life story) · sl biografija (personal life story) · sh животопис (personal life story) · eo biografio (personal life story) · bg биогра́фия (personal life story) · be біягра́фія (personal life story) · bg животопи́с (personal life story) · pa ਜੀਵਨੀ (personal life story) · la biographia (personal life story) · ru жизнеописа́ние (personal life story) · ca biografia (personal life story) · ko 전기 (personal life story) · da biografi (personal life story) · grc βιογραφία (personal life story) · vi tiểu sử (personal life story) · cy bywgraffiad (personal life story) · gl biografía (personal life story) · id biografi (personal life story) · hi जीवनी (personal life story) · nb biografi (personal life story) · nl biografie (personal life story) · fo ævisøga (personal life story) · pt biografia (personal life story) · ta வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு (personal life story) · ne जीवनी (personal life story) · nn biografi (personal life story) · cmn 傳記 /传记 (personal life story) · mn чадиг (personal life story) · uk життє́пис (personal life story) · fr biographie (personal life story) · tr yaşamöyküsü (personal life story) · sq biografi (personal life story) · cy cofiant (personal life story) · mk животопис (personal life story) · udm улонсюрес (personal life story) · hu életrajz (personal life story) · sh biografija (personal life story) · fa زندگینامه (personal life story) · la curriculum vitae (personal life story) · my အတ္ထုပ္ပတ် (personal life story) · lv biogrāfija (personal life story) · yi ביאָגראַפֿיע (personal life story) · mi kōrero haurongo (personal life story) · ru биогра́фия (personal life story) · ht biyografi (personal life story) · sh биографија (personal life story) · et elulugu (personal life story) · sh životopis (personal life story) · mi kōrero koiora (personal life story) · ml ജീവചരിത്രം (personal life story) · ja 伝記 (personal life story) · ga beathaisnéis (personal life story) · et biograafia (personal life story) · sv biografi (personal life story)