English-Thai Dictionary

reminiscence

N ความทรงจำ  การ รำลึกถึง อดีต  memory recollection kwam-song-jam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REMINISCENCE

n.[L. reminiscens, reminiscor, Gr. See Memory. ] 1. That faculty of the mind by which ideas formerly received into it, but forgotten, are recalled or revived in the memory.
2. Recollection; recovery of ideas that had escaped from the memory.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REMINISCENCE

Rem `i *nis "cence (rm `-ns "sens ), n. Etym: [F. réminiscence, L.reminiscentia.]

 

1. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory. The other part of memory, called reminiscence, which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but confusedly remembered. South. I forgive your want of reminiscence, since it is long since I saw you. Sir W. Scott.

 

2. That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences.

 

Syn. -- Remembrance; recollection. See Memory.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reminiscence

rem i nis cence |ˌreməˈnisəns ˌrɛməˈnɪsns | ▶noun a story told about a past event remembered by the narrator: his reminiscences of his early days in Washington. • the enjoyable recollection of past events: his story made me smile in reminiscence. • (reminiscences ) a collection in literary form of incidents and experiences that someone remembers. • a characteristic of one thing reminding or suggestive of another: his first works are too full of reminiscences of earlier poetry. DERIVATIVES rem i nis cen tial |ˌremənisˈenCHəl |adjective ( archaic )ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting the action of remembering ): from late Latin reminiscentia, from Latin reminisci ‘remember. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

reminiscence

rem ¦in |is ¦cence |rɛmɪˈnɪs (ə )ns | ▶noun 1 a story told about a past event remembered by the narrator: his reminiscences of his early days in Parliament. • [ mass noun ] the enjoyable recollection of past events: his story made me smile in reminiscence. • (reminiscences ) a collection in literary form of incidents that someone remembers. 2 a characteristic of one thing that is suggestive of another: his first works are too full of reminiscences of earlier poetry. DERIVATIVES reminiscential |-ˈsɛnʃ (ə )l |adjective ( archaic )ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting the action of remembering ): from late Latin reminiscentia, from Latin reminisci ‘remember ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

reminiscences

reminiscences plural noun her reminiscences of a wartime childhood: memories, recollections, reflections, remembrances.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

reminiscences

reminiscences plural noun her reminiscences of a wartime childhood: memories, recollections, reflections, remembrances, anecdotes; memoirs.

 

French Dictionary

réminiscence

réminiscence n. f. nom féminin Souvenir vague, partiellement effacé. : Les réminiscences heureuses de l ’enfance. Note Orthographique rémini sc ence.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

reminiscence

rem i nis cence /rèmɪnɪ́s (ə )ns /名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 C ｟かたく ｠〖しばしば ～s 〗 «…についての » 思い出話 , 回顧録 ; 思い出 , 思い出される物 [事 ](memory ) «of , about » ▸ write reminiscences of one's youth 青春時代の回顧録を書く .2 U ｟かたく ｠思い出すこと , 回顧 , 追憶 .3 C «…を » 思い出させる [しのばせる ]物 [事 , 人 ] «of » ▸ The song is a reminiscence of my favorite singer .その歌は大好きな歌手を思い出させる .