reminder

English

Etymology

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English remind

English -er

English reminder

From remind + -er.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmaɪndəɹ/, [ɹɪˈmaɪn.dɚ]
- Audio (US): (file)
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɑɪndə(ɹ)/

Noun

reminder (plural reminders)

Someone or something that reminds.
Synonyms: memo, memorandum

He left a note as a reminder to get groceries.
- 1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries:
  Find out all he can suggest, but […] don't take him in to your brother. No reminders of the past just yet.
(finance) Writing that reminds of open payments.
She ignored first the reminder of 80 cents. At the end, she was sentenced to pay 200 euros!

Derived terms

Translations

something that reminds

Belarusian: напамі́н m (napamín), напамі́нак m (napamínak), нага́дванне n (nahádvannje), нага́дваньне n (nahádvanʹnje) (Taraškievica), напаміна́нне n (napaminánnje), напаміна́ньне (napaminánʹnje) (Taraškievica)
Bulgarian: напо́мняне (bg) n (napómnjane)
Catalan: recordatori m, record (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 提醒物 (zh) (tíxǐngwù), 提醒 (zh) (tíxǐng)
Czech: (software) připomínač m, připomínka (cs) f, upomínka f, urgence (cs) f
Danish: påmindelse (da) c
Dutch: geheugensteuntje (nl) n
Finnish: muistutus (fi)
French: rappel (fr) m
German: Gedächtnisstütze (de) f, Notiz (de) f, Gedächtnishilfe f, Merkhilfe f
Greek: υπόμνημα (el) n (ypómnima)
Ancient Greek: ὑπόμνημα n (hupómnēma)
Hungarian: emlékeztető (hu)
Italian: promemoria (it) m
Japanese: 備忘 (ja) (びぼう, bibō), 念押し (ja) (ねんおし, nen'oshi), リマインダー (ja) (rimaindā)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بیرخەرەوە (ckb) (bîrxerewe)
Latin: admonitiō f, monitus (la) m
Macedonian: потсетник m (potsetnik)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: påminnelse m, påminning m or f

Nynorsk: påminning f
Old English: myndgung f
Polish: przypomnienie (pl) n
Portuguese: lembrete (pt) m
Russian: напомина́ние (ru) n (napominánije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̀дсетнӣк m, по̀дсјетнӣк m

Latin: pòdsetnīk (sh) impf, pòdsjetnīk (sh) m
Slovak: pripomienka f, upomienka f
Slovene: opomnik m
Spanish: aviso (es) m, recordatorio m
Swedish: påminnelse (sv) c, (mostly literary) erinran (sv) c
Tagalog: antig
Turkish: andaç (tr), andiç, hatırlatma (tr)
Ukrainian: нага́дування n (naháduvannja), нага́д m (nahád), прига́дування n (pryháduvannja)
Welsh: atgoffâd

(finance) writing that reminds of open payments

Chinese:
Mandarin: 催繳單 / 催缴单 (cuījiǎodān)
Czech: upomínka f
Dutch: betalingsherinnering (nl) f
Finnish: muistutus (fi)
French: rappel (fr) m, relance (fr) f
German: Mahnung (de) f, Mahnungbrief n, Mahnschreiben n, Zahlungserinnerung (de) f, Zahlungsaufforderung (de) f
Italian: avviso (it) m
Polish: przypomnienie (pl) n
Swedish: påminnelse (sv) c, betalningspåminnelse (sv) c
Turkish: ihbar mektubu

Anagrams

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