autobiography

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɔː.tə.baɪˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
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• rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h2ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía) Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)der. New Latin biographiabor. English biography English autobiography From auto- + biography.

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: autobiografi — biography of oneself
• Amharic: የራስ የሕይወት ታሪክ (yäras yäḥyəwät tarik) — biography of oneself
• Arabic: سِيرَة ذَاتِيَّة — biography of oneself
• Armenian: ինքնակենսագրություն (inkʻnakensagrutʻyun) — biography of oneself
• Asturian: autobiografía — biography of oneself
• Belarusian: аўтабіягра́фія (awtabijahráfija) — biography of oneself
• Bulgarian: автобиогра́фия (avtobiográfija) — biography of oneself
• Catalan: autobiografia — biography of oneself
• Chinese Cantonese: 自傳 /自传 — biography of oneself
• Chinese: 自傳 /自传 (zh-min-nan) — biography of oneself
• Chinese Mandarin: 自傳 /自传 (zìzhuàn) — biography of oneself
• Czech: vlastní životopis — biography of oneself
• Czech: autobiografie — biography of oneself
• Danish: selvbiografi — biography of oneself
• Dutch: autobiografie — biography of oneself
• Esperanto: aŭtobiografio — biography of oneself
• Esperanto: membiografio — biography of oneself
• Faroese: sjálvsævisøga — biography of oneself
• Finnish: omaelämäkerta — biography of oneself
• French: autobiographie — biography of oneself
• Galician: autobiografía — biography of oneself
• Georgian: ავტობიოგრაფია (avṭobiograpia) — biography of oneself
• German: Autobiografie — biography of oneself
• German: Selbstbiographie — biography of oneself
• German: Lebenserinnerungen — biography of oneself
• Greek: αυτοβιογραφία (aftoviografía) — biography of oneself
• Hebrew: אוטוביוגרפיה (ot'obiografia) — biography of oneself
• Hindi: आत्मकथा (ātmakathā) — biography of oneself
• Hindi: आपबीती (āpbītī) — biography of oneself
• Hungarian: önéletrajz — biography of oneself
• Indonesian: autobiografi — biography of oneself
• Irish: dírbheathaisnéis — biography of oneself
• Italian: autobiografia — biography of oneself
• Japanese: 自伝 (jiden) — biography of oneself
• Japanese: 自叙伝 (jijoden) — biography of oneself
• Kalmyk: эврә намтр (evrä namtr) — biography of oneself
• Korean: 자서전 (jaseojeon) — biography of oneself
• Latvian: autobiogrāfija — biography of oneself
• Lithuanian: autobiografija — biography of oneself
• Macedonian: автобиографија (avtobiografija) — biography of oneself
• Maltese: awtobijografija — biography of oneself
• Māori: haukiri — biography of oneself
• Norwegian Bokmål: selvbiografi — biography of oneself
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølvbiografi — biography of oneself
• Pannonian Rusyn: автобиоґрафия (avtobiografija) — biography of oneself
• Persian: حسبحال (hasb-e-hâl) — biography of oneself
• Polish: autobiografia — biography of oneself
• Portuguese: autobiografia — biography of oneself
• Romanian: autobiografie — biography of oneself
• Russian: автобиогра́фия (avtobiográfija) — biography of oneself
• Serbo-Croatian: аутобиографија — biography of oneself
• Serbo-Croatian: autobiografija — biography of oneself
• Slovak: vlastný životopis — biography of oneself
• Upper Sorbian: awtobiografija — biography of oneself
• Spanish: autobiografía — biography of oneself
• Swahili: tarijama — biography of oneself
• Swedish: självbiografi — biography of oneself
• Tagalog: awtobiyograpiya — biography of oneself
• Tagalog: saribuhay — biography of oneself
• Tamil: தன்வரலாறு (taṉvaralāṟu) — biography of oneself
• Tamil: சுயசரிதை (cuyacaritai) — biography of oneself
• Thai: อัตชีวประวัติ — biography of oneself
• Turkish: otobiyografi — biography of oneself
• Turkish: özyaşamöyküsü — biography of oneself
• Udmurt: асулонсюрес (asulonśures) — biography of oneself
• Ukrainian: автобіогра́фія (avtobiohráfija) — biography of oneself
• Vietnamese: tự truyện — biography of oneself
• Volapük: oklifajenäd — biography of oneself
• Welsh: hunangofiant — biography of oneself
• Yiddish: אויטאָביאָגראַפֿיע (oytobyografye) — biography of oneself