Biography — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an account of the series of events making up a person's life

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæɾæɹəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɔːtəʊsˈɪtɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɔːtəʊsˈɪtɪk/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæɾæɹəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

life story life history life

Word Forms

biographical	adjective	of or relating to or being biography
biographer	noun	someone who writes an account of a person's life

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Biographie

ein Bericht über die Reihe von Ereignissen, die das Leben eines Menschen ausmachen

🇫🇷French

biographie

un récit de la série d'événements qui composent la vie d'une personne

🇪🇸Spanish

biografía

un relato de la serie de acontecimientos que componen la vida de una persona

🇮🇹Italian

biografia

un resoconto della serie di eventi che compongono la vita di una persona

🇳🇱Dutch

biografie

een verslag van de reeks gebeurtenissen waaruit iemands leven bestaat

🇵🇹Portuguese

biografia

um relato da série de eventos que compõem a vida de uma pessoa

🇷🇺Russian

биография

описание ряда событий, составляющих жизнь человека

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जीवनी

किसी व्यक्ति के जीवन को बनाने वाली घटनाओं की श्रृंखला का विवरण

🇧🇩Bengali

জীবনী

একজন ব্যক্তির জীবন তৈরির ঘটনাগুলির সিরিজের একটি অ্যাকাউন্ট

🇮🇳Tamil

சுயசரிதை

ஒரு நபரின் வாழ்க்கையை உருவாக்கும் தொடர் நிகழ்வுகளின் கணக்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

జీవిత చరిత్ర

ఒక వ్యక్తి జీవితాన్ని రూపొందించే సంఘటనల శ్రేణి యొక్క ఖాతా

🇮🇳Marathi

चरित्र

एखाद्या व्यक्तीचे जीवन घडवणाऱ्या घटनांच्या मालिकेचे खाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

જીવનચરિત્ર

વ્યક્તિના જીવનમાં બનેલી ઘટનાઓની શ્રેણીનું એક એકાઉન્ટ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜೀವನಚರಿತ್ರೆ

ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯ ಜೀವನವನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸುವ ಘಟನೆಗಳ ಸರಣಿಯ ಖಾತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജീവചരിത്രം

ഒരു വ്യക്തിയുടെ ജീവിതത്തെ രൂപപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന സംഭവങ്ങളുടെ പരമ്പരയുടെ ഒരു വിവരണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜੀਵਨੀ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਦੇ ਜੀਵਨ ਨੂੰ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ ਘਟਨਾਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਲੜੀ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਖਾਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

سوانح حیات

واقعات کی سیریز کا ایک اکاؤنٹ جو ایک شخص کی زندگی بناتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

传

对构成一个人一生的一系列事件的描述

🇯🇵Japanese

バイオグラフィー

人の人生を構成する一連の出来事の説明

🇰🇷Korean

전기

개인의 삶을 구성하는 일련의 사건에 대한 설명

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tiểu sử

kể về một chuỗi các sự kiện tạo nên cuộc đời một con người

🇹🇭Thai

ชีวประวัติ

เรื่องราวของเหตุการณ์ต่างๆ ที่ประกอบขึ้นเป็นชีวิตของบุคคล

🇮🇩Indonesian

biografi

kisah tentang rangkaian peristiwa yang membentuk kehidupan seseorang

🇵🇭Filipino

talambuhay

isang salaysay ng serye ng mga pangyayari na bumubuo sa buhay ng isang tao

🇲🇾Malay

biografi

kisah siri peristiwa yang membentuk kehidupan seseorang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سيرة

سرد لسلسلة الأحداث التي تشكل حياة الشخص

🇮🇷Persian

بیوگرافی

گزارشی از مجموعه رویدادهایی که زندگی یک فرد را تشکیل می دهند

🇹🇷Turkish

biyografi

bir kişinin hayatını oluşturan olaylar dizisinin açıklaması

🇮🇱Hebrew

בִּיוֹגְרַפִיָה

תיאור של סדרת האירועים המרכיבים את חייו של אדם

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The primary meaning of 'biography' is 'an account of the series of events making up a person's life'.

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