mnemonics

English

Alternative forms

• mnemonicks (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μνημονικά (mnēmoniká, “mnemonics”), plural of μνημονικόν (mnēmonikón, “mnemonics”), neuter of μνημονικός (mnēmonikós, “mnemonic”); see mnemonic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nəˈmɒn.ɪks/, /nɪ-/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nəˈmɑn.ɪks/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnɪks

Noun

mnemonics pl (plural only)

1. (plural only) The study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.

Translations

study of techniques for improving memory

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: мнемо́ника f (mnemónika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 記憶術 / 记忆术 (zh) (jìyìshù), 助憶 / 助忆 (zhùyì)

• Czech: mnemotechnika (cs) f
• Dutch: mnemoniek
• Esperanto: mnemoniko, memorarto
• Finnish: muistitekniikka, mnemoniikka, muistitaito
• French: mnémotechnique (fr)
• German: Mnemotechnik (de)
• Ido: mnemoniko (io)
• Italian: mnemonica (it) f, mnemotecnica (it) f
• Japanese: 記憶術 (きおくじゅつ, kiokujutsu)
• Polish: mnemonika f, mnemotechnika (pl)
• Portuguese: mnemónica (pt) f (Portugal), mnemônica (pt) f (Brazil), mnemotécnica f
• Romanian: mnemotehnică (ro) f
• Russian: мнемо́ника (ru) f (mnemónika), мнемоте́хника (ru) f (mnemotéxnika)
• Spanish: mnemotécnica (es) f
• Swedish: mnemoteknik (sv) c

Noun

mnemonics

1. plural of mnemonic

References

• “mnemonics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “mnemonics”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.