memo

See also: Memo and mémo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛməʊ̯/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛmoʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -ɛməʊ

Noun

memo (plural memos)

1. A short note; a memorandum.
2. (computing) A record of partial results that can be reused later without recomputation.

Derived terms

• memoization
• memoize

Translations

a short note

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 備忘錄／备忘录 (zh) (bèiwànglù), 备忘录 (zh) (bèiwànglù), 便箋／便笺 (zh) (biànjiān), 便笺 (zh) (biànjiān)

• Finnish: muistio (fi)
• French: note (fr) f, memorandum (fr) m
• German: Memo (de) n, Notiz (de) f, Zettel (de) m
• Japanese: メモ (ja) (memo)
• Korean: 메모 (ko) (memo)
• Portuguese: nota (pt) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: запи́ска (ru) f (zapíska), па́мятка (ru) f (pámjatka), мемора́ндум (ru) m (memorándum) (formal), служе́бная запи́ска f (služébnaja zapíska) (office memo)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀дсетнӣк m, по̀дсјетнӣк m

  Roman: pòdsetnīk (sh) m, pòdsjetnīk (sh) m

• Swedish: pm (abbreviation of promemoria)
• Turkish: kısa not (tr)

Verb

memo (third-person singular simple present memos, present participle memoing, simple past and past participle memoed)

1. (informal) To record something; to make a note of something.
2. (informal) To send someone a note about something, for the record.

   I made sure to memo him about the client's complaints.

Anagrams

• mome

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmemo/

Etymology 1

An onomatopoeia imitating stuttering.

Noun

memo m (plural memos)

1. idiot

Adjective

memo (feminine mema, masculine plural memos, feminine plural memas)

1. silly, stupid

References

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

Etymology 2

Shortening of memorando

Noun

memo m (plural memos)

1. memorandum. Usage note: this shortening is used mainly in Chile, Guatemala and Honduras.