autobiografia

autobiography

noun ow-toh-byoh-grah-FEE-ah Rare

Origin: From Greek autos (self) + bios (life) + graphe (writing); entered Italian via learned borrowing.

Usage Note

Autobiografia is the account of one's own life written by oneself, as distinct from biografia (biography written by another). The stress falls on the final syllable of the root: -fìa. The plural is regular: autobiografie.

Examples

"Ha scritto la sua autobiografia a settant'anni."

Natural Translation

She wrote her autobiography at seventy.

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