remind

English

Etymology

From mid 17th century, equivalent to re- +‎ mind (“to remember”). Probably suggested by obsolete rememorate with the same sense. Displaced Old English myndgian.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmaɪnd/, /ɹɪˈmaɪnd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: re‧mind
Rhymes: -aɪnd

Verb

remind (third-person singular simple present reminds, present participle reminding, simple past and past participle reminded)

(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
Synonym: put someone in mind of
- 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter 3, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], OCLC 84390265:
  I am aware, reader, and you need not remind me, that it is a dreadful thing for a parson to be warlike.
- 1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory: An Island Tale, "Author's Note":
  His eyes were green and every cat I see to this day reminds me of the exact contour of his face.

Derived terms

reminder

Translations

cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice

Arabic: ذَكَّرَ‎ (ar) (ḏakkara)
Moroccan Arabic: فكر‎ (fakkar)
Aramaic: אַדְכֵּר‎
Armenian: հիշեցնել (hy) (hišecʿnel)
Azerbaijani: xatırlatmaq
Belarusian: нага́дваць impf (nahádvacʹ), нагада́ць pf (nahadácʹ), наме́ньваць impf (namjénʹvacʹ), наме́ніць pf (namjénicʹ), напаміна́ць impf (napaminácʹ), напо́мніць pf (napómnicʹ)
Bulgarian: напо́мням (bg) impf (napómnjam), напо́мня (bg) pf (napómnja), подсе́щам (bg) impf (podséštam), подсе́тя pf (podsétja)
Burmese: နှိုးဆော် (my) (hnui:hcau)
Catalan: recordar (ca)
Chichewa: -kumbutsa
Chinese:
Cantonese: 提醒 (tai⁴ sing², tai⁴ seng²)
Mandarin: 提醒 (zh) (tíxǐng)
Min Nan: 提醒 (zh-min-nan) (thê-chhíⁿ / thê-chhéⁿ / thê-séng)
Corsican: ricurdà (co)
Crimean Tatar: ındemek
Czech: připomínat (cs) impf, připomenout (cs) pf
Danish: påminde, minde om
Dutch: herinneren (nl)
Esperanto: memorigi
Finnish: muistuttaa (fi)
French: rappeler à (fr)
Friulian: ricuardâ
Georgian: შეხსენება (šexseneba) (verbal noun), ახსენებს (axsenebs) (infinitive)
German: erinnern (de), in Erinnerung bringen
Greek: θυμίζω (el) (thymízo)
Ancient: μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō)
Hebrew: הִזְכִּיר‎ (hizkír)
Hindi: याद दिलाना (yād dilānā)
Hungarian: emlékeztet (hu)
Icelandic: minna (is), áminna
Irish: cuir i gcuimhne, meabhraigh
Istriot: racurdà
Italian: ricordare (it)
Japanese: 思い出させる (おもいださせる, omoidasaseru)
Kabuverdianu: lenbra
Khmer: រំលឹក (km) (rumlɨk), ផ្ដាំ (phdam), សរ (km) (sɑɑ)
Korean: 생각나게 하다 (saenggangnage hada), 상기(想起)시키다 (sanggisikida)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بیرخستن‎ (bîrxistin)
Lao: ເຕືອນ (tư̄an)
Latin: commoneō, moneō (la), remoneō, memoro
Macedonian: потсеќа impf (potseḱa), потсети pf (potseti)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: minne (no)
Old English: myndgian
Old French: remembrer
Oromo: yaadachiisuu
Persian: یادآوری کردن‎ (fa) (yâd-âvari kardan)
Polish: przypominać (pl) impf, przypomnieć (pl) pf
Portuguese: recordar (pt)
Romanian: aminti (ro)
Russian: напомина́ть (ru) impf (napominátʹ), напо́мнить (ru) pf (napómnitʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̀дсећати impf, по̀дсјећати impf, по̀дсетити pf, по̀дсјетити pf
Roman: pòdsećati (sh) impf, pòdsjećati impf, pòdsetiti pf, pòdsjetiti (sh) pf
Sicilian: ricurdari (scn), arricurdari (scn)
Slovak: pripomínať impf, pripomenúť pf
Slovene: spomínjati impf, spọ̑mniti pf, opominjati impf, opomniti pf
Spanish: recordar (es)
Swahili: -kumbusha
Swedish: påminna (sv), erinra (sv)
Tagalog: magpaalala
Telugu: గుర్తుచేయు (gurtucēyu)
Thai: เตือน (th) (dtʉʉan)
Turkish: hatırlatmak (tr)
Ukrainian: нага́дувати impf (naháduvaty), нагада́ти pf (nahadáty), припомина́ти impf (prypomynáty), припо́мнити pf (prypómnyty), напомина́ти impf (napomynáty), напо́мнити pf (napómnyty)
Urdu: یاد دلانا‎ (yād dilānā)
Venetian: regordar, regordàr, recordar, recordàr
Vietnamese: nhắc nhở (vi), nhắc (vi), nhắc lại (vi)
Walloon: rimimbrer (wa), rapinser (wa), rapler (wa)
Westrobothnian: dernsk
Yiddish: דערמאַנען‎ (dermanen)

Anagrams

Minder, minder