recollection

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• /ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/
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• /ɹiˌkəˈlɛkʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: R EH2 K AH0 L EH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Via French récollection or the verb recollect, both from Latin recollectus, the past participle of recolligere (“to collect again”), itself from re- + colligere (“to gather”).

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English collection English recollection From re- + collection.

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հուշ (huš) — act of recalling to the memory
• Bengali: ইয়াদ (iẏad) — act of recalling to the memory
• Catalan: record — act of recalling to the memory
• Chinese Mandarin: 回憶 /回忆 (huíyì) — act of recalling to the memory
• Czech: vzpomínání — act of recalling to the memory
• Dutch: herinnering — act of recalling to the memory
• Dutch: herinneren — act of recalling to the memory
• Finnish: muistaminen — act of recalling to the memory
• Finnish: muistelu — act of recalling to the memory
• Finnish: muisteleminen — act of recalling to the memory
• French: souvenir — act of recalling to the memory
• Galician: recordo — act of recalling to the memory
• Georgian: გახსენება (gaxseneba) — act of recalling to the memory
• German: Erinnerung — act of recalling to the memory
• German: Rückbesinnung — act of recalling to the memory
• Greek: ανάμνηση (anámnisi) — act of recalling to the memory
• Greek: αναθύμηση (anathýmisi) — act of recalling to the memory
• Greek: αναπόληση (anapólisi) — act of recalling to the memory
• Hindi: सुमिरण (sumiraṇ) — act of recalling to the memory
• Hindi: सुमिरन (sumiran) — act of recalling to the memory
• Hungarian: emlékezés — act of recalling to the memory
• Japanese: 記憶 (kioku) — act of recalling to the memory
• Japanese: 思い出 (omoide) — act of recalling to the memory
• Japanese: 回想 (kaisō) — act of recalling to the memory
• Korean: 기억 (gieok) — act of recalling to the memory
• Korean: 회상 (hoesang) — act of recalling to the memory
• Latin: recordatio — act of recalling to the memory
• Latin: recordatus — act of recalling to the memory
• Māori: mahara — act of recalling to the memory
• Māori: pūmaharatanga — act of recalling to the memory
• Polish: wspominanie — act of recalling to the memory
• Polish: przypominanie sobie — act of recalling to the memory
• Portuguese: recordação — act of recalling to the memory
• Romanian: reamintire — act of recalling to the memory
• Russian: воспомина́ние (vospominánije) — act of recalling to the memory
• Turkish: anma — act of recalling to the memory
• Turkish: zikir — act of recalling to the memory
• Turkish: yâd — act of recalling to the memory
• Turkish: tahattur — act of recalling to the memory
• Ottoman Turkish: ذكر (zikr) — act of recalling to the memory
• Bulgarian: памет (pamet) — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Catalan: record — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Czech: paměť — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Dutch: herinnering — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Dutch: geheugen — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Finnish: muisti — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Greek: ανάμνηση (anámnisi) — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Hungarian: emlékezet — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Latin: recordatio — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Māori: mahara — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Polish: pamięć — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Portuguese: memória — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Portuguese: recordações — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Romanian: amintire — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Russian: сосредото́ченность (sosredotóčennostʹ) — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Russian: со́бранность (sóbrannostʹ) — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Scottish Gaelic: cuimhne — power of recalling ideas to the mind
• Bengali: ইয়াদ (iẏad) — that which is called to mind
• Breton: koun — that which is called to mind
• Catalan: record — that which is called to mind
• Czech: vzpomínka — that which is called to mind
• Dutch: herinnering — that which is called to mind
• Esperanto: memoro — that which is called to mind
• Finnish: muisto — that which is called to mind
• Finnish: muistelma — that which is called to mind
• Finnish: muistikuva — that which is called to mind
• Finnish: muistelo — that which is called to mind
• Greek: ανάμνηση (anámnisi) — that which is called to mind
• Greek: θύμηση (thýmisi) — that which is called to mind
• Greek: μνήμη (mními) — that which is called to mind
• Hindi: सुमिरण (sumiraṇ) — that which is called to mind
• Hindi: सुमिरन (sumiran) — that which is called to mind
• Hungarian: emlék — that which is called to mind
• Ingrian: muisto — that which is called to mind
• Japanese: 記憶 (kioku) — that which is called to mind
• Japanese: 思い出 (omoide) — that which is called to mind
• Japanese: 回想 (kaisō) — that which is called to mind
• Latin: recordatio — that which is called to mind
• Luxembourgish: Erënnerung — that which is called to mind
• Māori: pūmaharatanga — that which is called to mind
• Polish: wspomnienie — that which is called to mind
• Portuguese: recordação — that which is called to mind
• Russian: воспомина́ние (vospominánije) — that which is called to mind
• Scottish Gaelic: cuimhne — that which is called to mind
• Spanish: recordación — that which is called to mind
• Czech: zklidnění mysli — archaic: the act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind
• Czech: rekolekce — archaic: the act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind
• Latin: recordatio — archaic: the act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind
• Polish: medytacja — archaic: the act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind