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mémoire d'éléphant

French, noun/me.mwaʁ d‿e.le.fɑ̃/

mémoire d'éléphant is a French feminine noun meaning “extremely good memory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Excellente mémoire”.

What does mémoire d'éléphant mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineextremely good memory

    avoir une mémoire d'éléphant

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Excellente mémoire.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of mémoire d'éléphant

  • mémoires d'éléphant plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mémoire d'éléphant?

  • /me.mwaʁ d‿e.le.fɑ̃/
  • \me.mwaʁ.de.le.fɑ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.