English
Etymology
From mid 17th century, equivalent to re- + mind ( “ to remember ” ) . Probably suggested by obsolete rememorate with the same sense.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ , /ɹɪˈmaɪnd/
Hyphenation: re‧mind
Rhymes: -aɪnd
Verb
remind (third-person singular simple present reminds , present participle reminding , simple past and past participle reminded )
To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
1849 , Charlotte Brontë , Shirley , ch. 3:
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.
Synonym: put someone in mind of
Derived terms
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) ( hišecʻnel )
Catalan: recordar (ca)
Chichewa: -kumbutsa
Chinese:
Mandarin: 提醒 (zh) ( tíxǐng )
Corsican: ricurdà (co)
Crimean Tatar: ındemek
Czech: připomenout (cs)
Danish: påminde
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)
Greek: θυμίζω (el) ( thymízo )
Ancient: μιμνήσκω ( mimnḗskō )
Hebrew: הִזְכִּיר
Hindi: याद दिलाना ( yād dilānā )
Hungarian: emlékeztet (hu)
Irish: cuir i gcuimhne , meabhraigh
Istriot: racurdà
Italian: ricordare (it)
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Japanese: 思い出させる ( おもいださせる, omoidasaseru )
Korean: 생각나개하다 ( saenggaknage-hada )
Kurdish:
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Latin: commoneō , moneō (la) , remoneō , memoro
Old French: remembrer
Persian: یادآوری کردن (fa) ( yād-āvari kardan )
Polish: przypominać (pl)
Portuguese: recordar (pt)
Romanian: aminti (ro)
Russian: напомина́ть (ru) impf ( napominátʹ ) , напо́мнить (ru) pf ( napómnitʹ )
Sicilian: ricurdari (scn) , arricurdari (scn)
Spanish: recordar (es)
Swahili: -kumbusha
Swedish: påminna (sv)
Tagalog: magpaalala
Telugu: గుర్తుచేయు ( gurtucēyu )
Thai: เตือน (th) ( dteuan )
Turkish: hatırlatmak (tr)
Ukrainian: нагадувати ( nahaduvaty )
Urdu: یاد دلانا ( yād dilānā )
Venetian: regordar , regordàr , recordar , recordàr
Vietnamese: nhắc nhở (vi) , nhắc (vi)
Walloon: rimimbrer (wa) , rapinser (wa) , rapler (wa)
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Yiddish: דערמאַנען ( dermanen ) , דערמאָנען ( dermonen )
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