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reminisce en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɹɛm.əˈnɪs/ (UK, US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Back-formation from reminiscence, from Latin reminīscēns, present participle of reminīscor (“to remember”).

Meanings

  1. (informal) An act of reminiscence.
    • I met up with Alastair McQueen [former Mirror colleague] and we had a reminisce. 2017, Alastair Campbell, Diaries Volume 6: From Blair to Brown, 2005 – 2007:

Forms

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reminisces Number=Plur lexicographic

reminisce en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɹɛm.əˈnɪs/ (UK, US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Back-formation from reminiscence, from Latin reminīscēns, present participle of reminīscor (“to remember”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically.
    • But in the blink of an eye, you kissed me goodbye And I reminisced of a better time 2022, Vane, “Six Feet Under”:
  2. (intransitive) To talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories.
    • I strive to be live 'cause I got no choice / And run my own business like my Aunt Joyce / So Pete Rock hit me, nuff respect due / When they reminisce over you, listen 1992, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)”, in Mecca and the Soul Brother:
  3. (India, transitive) To remember fondly; to reminisce about.
    • And now when life begins to get the best of me I reminisce these childhood memories 1994, Iris Dement, "Childhood Memories" (on the album My Life)
    • He reminisced the old Parvati who was now this Parvati. 2006, Amitava Bhattacharya, Selected Novels of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, page 34:
    • She fondly reminisced the two years before marriage when Frank served in the US Army. 2012, Satish C. Bhatnagar, Epsilons and Deltas of Life: Everyday Stories, volume 1, page 16:

Forms

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reminisced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reminisced Tense=Past lexicographic
reminiscing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reminisces Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

reminiscer · reminiscingly

Relateds

remember · hark back · reminiscent · reminiscence · reminiscential

Translations (44)

no mimre (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · el αναπολώ (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · cmn 懷舊 /怀旧 (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · hu emlékeiről mesél (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · es rememorar (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · cs vzpomenout (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · pl wspominać (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · fr se remémorer (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · ko 추억하다 (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · it rammentare (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · hu nosztalgiázik (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · hi याद करना (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · it ricordare (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · it rievocare (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · cs vzpomenout (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · es memorar (se de) (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · pl wspominać (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · it abbandonarsi ai ricordi (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · fi muistella (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · mi kōmanawa (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · fi muistella (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · de in Erinnerungen schwelgen (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · ru вспо́мнить (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · hu felidézi a múltat (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · cmn 敘舊 /叙旧 (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · pl wspomnieć (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · pl powspominać (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · pl wspomnieć (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · gd cuimhnich (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · fr évoquer des réminiscences (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · cmn 追憶 /追忆 (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · cs vzpomínat (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · ru вспо́мнить (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · cmn 緬懷 /缅怀 (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · cs vzpomínat (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · mi maumahara (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · ru вспомина́ть (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · no mimre (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · cmn 回憶 /回忆 (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · pl powspominać (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · gd cuimhnich (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · cmn 話舊 /话旧 (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically) · cmn 追憶 /追忆 (to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories) · ru вспомина́ть (to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically)