Meanings
plural aide-mémoires · plural aides-mémoire
- A memory aid; a reminder or memorandum, especially a book or document serving this purpose.
Synonyms: pro memoria
- diplomacyA document circulated in a meeting or summit for discussion purposes.
In August, Finance Minister Larry Howai signed an aide-mémoire with the IDB for the bank to provide funding and expertise to the government to develop its Public/Private Sector Partnership Programme (PPP).
2013 November 15, Trinidad Express, “IDB tells T&T: Fix procurement laws”, in Trinidad ExpressSynonyms: pro memoria, non-paper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA memory aid; a reminder or memorandum, especially a book or document serving this purpose.
nounA document circulated in a meeting or summit for discussion purposes.
Origin
- Frenchaide-mémoire
- Englishaide-mémoire
Unadapted borrowing from French aide-mémoire (literally “memory aid”).
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish muistin tuki, muistikirja
- muistin tukireminder
- muistikirjareminder
- muistilappureminder
- muistiodiplomacy: document
- keskustelumuistiodiplomacy: document
Indonesian nota tambahan
- nota tambahanreminder
Spanish pro memoria
- pro memoriareminder
Cite this entry
aide-mémoire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aide-m%C3%A9moire
“aide-mémoire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aide-m%C3%A9moire. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aide-mémoire,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aide-m%C3%A9moire.
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