Definition
Relating to a true story about someone's own life, written or told by that person themselves. An autobiographical work reveals the author's personal experiences and memories.
Etymology
From Greek 'autos' (self), 'bios' (life), and 'graphia' (writing), combined with the suffix '-ical.' The term emerged in the 1800s as a more formal way to describe self-written life stories, distinct from 'biography' (written by someone else). The prefix 'auto-' emphasizes that the author is writing about their own life, not someone else's.
Kelly Says
What's mind-bending is that autobiographies are technically unreliable because memories fade, change, and are filtered through our emotions—so even the 'true story' told by someone about their own life is actually their interpretation of events, not objective fact!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Autobiography
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee
ARالعربية
سيرة ذاتية
sirah dhattiyah
BNবাংলা
আত্মজীবনী
atma-jee-va-nee
CACatalà
autobiogràfic
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fik
CSČeština
autobiografický
aw-toh-bee-oh-graf-i-cky
DADansk
autobiografisk
aw-toh-bee-oh-graf-isk
DEDeutsch
autobiographisch
ow-toh-bee-oh-graf-ish
ELΕλληνικά
αυτοβιογραφικός
avtobiografikos
ESEspañol
autobiográfico
aw-toh-bee-oh-graf-ee-koh
FAفارسی
خودنوشت
khodo-no-shte
FISuomi
autobiografinen
aw-toh-bee-oh-graf-i-nen
FRFrançais
autobiographique
aw-toh-bee-oh-grah-fee-k
GUGU
autobiography
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee
HAHA
autobiography
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee
HEעברית
אוטוביוגרפי
ot-to-bee-o-graf-ee
HIहिन्दी
स्व-जीवनी
sw-jee-va-nee
HUMagyar
önéletrajzi
on-eh-let-raj-zi
IDBahasa Indonesia
otobiografi
oh-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee
IGIG
autobiography
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee
ITItaliano
autobiografico
aw-toh-bee-oh-grah-fee-koh
KKKK
autobiography
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee
KMKM
autobiography
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee
KO한국어
자전적인
ja-jeon-jeo-kin
MRMR
autobiography
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee
MSBahasa Melayu
autobiografi
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee
MYမြန်မာ
autobiography
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee
NLNederlands
autobiografisch
aw-toh-bee-oh-graf-ish
NONorsk
autobiografisk
aw-toh-bee-oh-graf-isk
PAPA
autobiography
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee
PLPolski
autobiograficzny
aw-toh-bee-oh-graf-ich-ny
PTPortuguês
autobiográfico
aw-toh-bee-oh-graf-ee-koh
RORomână
autobiografic
aw-toh-bee-oh-graf-ik
RUРусский
автобиографический
avtobiografichskiy
SVSvenska
autobiografisk
aw-toh-bee-oh-graf-isk
SWKiswahili
autobiografia
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee-a
TAதமிழ்
சுயசரிதை
sway-sa-ri-thai
TEతెలుగు
ఆత్మకథ
aatma-katha
THไทย
อัตชีวประวัติ
at-chee-wa-pra-wat
TLTL
autobiograpiya
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-pee-ya
TRTürkçe
otobiyografik
oh-toh-bee-oh-graf-ik
UKУкраїнська
автобіографічний
avtobiyografichnyi
URاردو
خود نوشت
khud-nish-t
VITiếng Việt
tự truyện
tu-truyen
YOYO
autobiography
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee
ZUZU
autobiography
aw-toh-bee-oh-gra-fee