biographie

See also: Biographie

Dutch

Noun

biographie f (plural biographieën, diminutive biographietje n)

1. (dated) superseded spelling of biografie

French

Etymology

From bio- +‎ -graphie, from Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφία (biographía), composed by βίος (bíos, “life”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjɔ.ɡʁa.fi/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Homophones: biographient, biographies
• Hyphenation: bio‧gra‧phie

Noun

biographie f (plural biographies)

1. biography

Hyponyms

• autobiographie
• curriculum vitae, curriculum vitæ
• hagiographie, agiographie

Derived terms

• autobiographie
• biographique

Verb

biographie

1. inflection of biographier:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “biographie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012