aide-memoire

1. 1.

   a memorandum summarizing the items of an agreement (used especially in diplomatic communications)

   Synonymsposition paper

   Broadermemo

Questions about aide-memoire

What does aide-memoire mean?

aide-memoire means "a memorandum summarizing the items of an agreement (used especially in diplomatic communications)".

How many syllables are in aide-memoire?

aide-memoire has 4 syllables: ai-de--me-moire. The stress falls on "de-".

What is another word for aide-memoire?

Close synonyms include position paper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aide-memoire a common word?

aide-memoire is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.