adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Canada:/ˌɑtoʊˌbaɪəˈɡɹæfəkəl/
UK:/ˌɔː.təˌbaɪ.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk.əl/
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adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
relating to or in the style of an autobiography
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
they compiled an autobiographical history of the movement
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: autobiographic
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he seldom suppressed his autobiographical tendencies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: autobiographic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From autobiography + -ical or auto- + biographical.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ինքնակենսագրական
(inkʻnakensagrakan)
— of or relating to person's life
Asturian:
autobiográficu
— of or relating to person's life
Belarusian:
аўтабіяграфі́чны
(awtabijahrafíčny)
— of or relating to person's life
Bulgarian:
автобиографи́чен
(avtobiografíčen)
— of or relating to person's life
Bulgarian:
автобиографи́чески
(avtobiografíčeski)
— of or relating to person's life
Catalan:
autobiogràfic
— of or relating to person's life
Danish:
autobiografisk
— of or relating to person's life
Danish:
selvbiografisk
— of or relating to person's life
Dutch:
autobiografisch
— of or relating to person's life
Esperanto:
membiografia
— of or relating to person's life
Finnish:
omaelämäkerrallinen
— of or relating to person's life
French:
autobiographique
— of or relating to person's life
Galician:
autobiográfico
— of or relating to person's life
Georgian:
ავტობიოგრაფიული
(avṭobiograpiuli)
— of or relating to person's life
German:
autobiographisch
— of or relating to person's life
German:
autobiografisch
— of or relating to person's life
Hungarian:
önéletrajzi
— of or relating to person's life
Irish:
dírbheathaisnéiseach
— of or relating to person's life
Italian:
autobiografico
— of or relating to person's life
Macedonian:
автобиогра́фски
(avtobiográfski)
— of or relating to person's life
Polish:
autobiograficzny
— of or relating to person's life
Portuguese:
autobiográfico
— of or relating to person's life
Romanian:
autobiografic
— of or relating to person's life
Russian:
автобиографи́ческий
(avtobiografíčeskij)
— of or relating to person's life
Serbo-Croatian:
аутобио̀графскӣ
— of or relating to person's life
Serbo-Croatian:
autobiògrafskī
— of or relating to person's life
Spanish:
autobiográfico
— of or relating to person's life
Swedish:
självbiografisk
— of or relating to person's life
Ukrainian:
автобіографі́чний
(avtobiohrafíčnyj)
— of or relating to person's life
Yiddish:
אויטאָביאָגראַפֿיש
(oytobyografish)
— of or relating to person's life
