reminiscence

See also: réminiscence

English

Etymology

From Late Latin reminīscentiae (“remembrances”), from Latin reminīscēns, present active participle of reminīscor (“remember”); see reminiscent.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛns

Noun

reminiscence (countable and uncountable, plural reminiscences)

An act of remembering long-past experiences, often fondly.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
  Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.
A mental image thus remembered.

Synonyms

recall
recollection

Coordinate terms

flashback - memory of trauma

Related terms

reminiscent
reminiscential

Translations

act of remembering

Finnish: muistelu (fi)
German: Erinnern n
Greek: ανάμνηση (el) f (anámnisi)
Maori: manaka, mānakanaka, pūmaharatanga

Romanian: reamintire (ro) f
Russian: воспомина́ние (ru) n (vospominánije), (literary) реминисце́нция (ru) f (reminiscéncija)
Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachadh m

mental image

Dutch: herinnering (nl)
Finnish: muistikuva, muistuma, muisto (fi)
German: Erinnerung an f, Erinnerungen (de) pl or f, Rückerinnerung f, Reminiszenz (de) f
Greek: ανάμνηση (el) f (anámnisi)

Maori: pūmaharatanga
Romanian: reminiscență (ro) f, amintire (ro) f
Russian: воспомина́ние (ru) n (vospominánije)
Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachadh m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} réminiscence (fr) m
Kurdish:
Sorani: ^{(please verify)} یاد‎ (ku) (tad)

Latin: ^{(please verify)} recordatio f, ^{(please verify)} memoria f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} reminiscencia