Polyglot Dictionary

mémoire vive

/me.mwaʁ viv/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. RAM

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

bélier

mémoire vive means "RAM," computer memory; bélier means "ram," the animal — a coincidental sound-alike, not a real synonym, but easy to confuse in English.

Similar in other languages

German

Arbeitsspeicher

Arbeitsspeicher is the German word for the same thing — both mean "RAM."

Spanish

carnero

carnero is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "ram."

Practice

1 What does mémoire vive mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ajouter de la ___ vive accélère l'ordinateur.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mémoire vive?

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