Aide mémoire
Encyclopedia
An aide mémoire is an French
term meaning a "memory-aid" a reminder
or memorandum
, especially a book or document serving this purpose. This term is sometimes used untranslated in English. It is often used to describe photograph
s.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
term meaning a "memory-aid" a reminder
Reminder
Reminder may refer to:*The Reminder *Reminder software...
or memorandum
Memorandum
A memorandum is from the Latin verbal phrase memorandum est, the gerundive form of the verb memoro, "to mention, call to mind, recount, relate", which means "It must be remembered ..."...
, especially a book or document serving this purpose. This term is sometimes used untranslated in English. It is often used to describe photograph
Photograph
A photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of...
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