reminiscence

Other forms of reminiscence

plural

reminiscences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reminiscence

What does reminiscence mean?

reminiscence means "a mental impression retained and recalled from the past". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reminiscence?

reminiscence has 4 syllables: rem-i-nis-cence. The stress falls on "nis". In IPA it is /ˌɹɛməˈnɪsəns/.

What is another word for reminiscence?

Close synonyms include recall, recollection. 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 reminiscence a common word?

reminiscence is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.