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mémoire de poisson rouge

French, noun/me.mwaʁ də pwa.sɔ̃ ʁuʒ/

mémoire de poisson rouge is a French feminine noun meaning “memory of a goldfish (extremely bad memory)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mémoire courte ; très mauvaise mémoire”.

What does mémoire de poisson rouge mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininememory of a goldfish (extremely bad memory)

    avoir une mémoire de poisson rouge

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mémoire courte ; très mauvaise 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 de poisson rouge

  • mémoires de poisson rouge plural

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

How do you pronounce mémoire de poisson rouge?

  • /me.mwaʁ də pwa.sɔ̃ ʁuʒ/
  • \me.mwaʁ də pwa.sɔ̃ ʁuʒ\

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