memorandum
See also: Memorandum, mémorandum, and memorándum
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin memorandum, neuter of memorandus (“to be remembered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɛm.əˈɹæn.dəm/
Noun
memorandum (plural memorandums or memoranda)
- A short note serving as a reminder.
- A written business communication.
- A brief diplomatic communication.
- A page in an annual publication honoring the memory of a person who died during the past year.
Derived terms
- memorandum of understanding
Related terms
- memory
- memorate
Translations
short note serving as a reminder
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written business communication
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brief diplomatic communication
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Further reading
- memorandum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- memorandum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin memorandum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmeː.moːˈrɑn.dʏm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: me‧mo‧ran‧dum
Noun
memorandum n (plural memoranda)
- memorandum (reminder, short note)
Derived terms
- memo
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin memorandum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.moˈran.dum/[1]
- Rhymes: -andum
- Hyphenation: me‧mo‧ràn‧dum
Noun
memorandum m (invariable)
- memorandum
References
- memorandum in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Participle
memorandum
- inflection of memorandus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
Maltese
Alternative forms
- memorandu
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian memorandum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ.mɔˈran.dum/
Noun
memorandum m (plural memoranda)
- memorandum
Related terms
- immemorabbli
- memorabbli
- memorja
- memorjal
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin memorandum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ.mɔˈran.dum/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -andum
- Syllabification: me‧mo‧ran‧dum
Noun
memorandum n
- memorandum (brief diplomatic communication)
Declension
Declension of memorandum
singular | plural | |
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nominative | memorandum | memoranda |
genitive | memorandum | memorandów |
dative | memorandum | memorandom |
accusative | memorandum | memoranda |
instrumental | memorandum | memorandami |
locative | memorandum | memorandach |
vocative | memorandum | memoranda |
Further reading
- memorandum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- memorandum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin memorandum.
Noun
memorandum n (plural memorandumuri)
- memorandum
Declension
Declension of memorandum
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) memorandum | memorandumul | (niște) memorandumuri | memorandumurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) memorandum | memorandumului | (unor) memorandumuri | memorandumurilor |
vocative | memorandumule | memorandumurilor |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /memorǎndum/
- Hyphenation: me‧mo‧ran‧dum
Noun
memoràndum m (Cyrillic spelling мемора̀ндум)
- memorandum
- letterhead
Declension
Declension of memorandum
singular | plural | |
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nominative | memorandum | memorandumi |
genitive | memoranduma | memoranduma |
dative | memorandumu | memorandumima |
accusative | memorandum | memorandume |
vocative | memorandume | memorandumi |
locative | memorandumu | memorandumima |
instrumental | memorandumom | memorandumima |
Swedish
Noun
memorandum n
- a memorandum
Declension
Declension of memorandum | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | memorandum | memorandumet | memorandum | memorandumen |
Genitive | memorandums | memorandumets | memorandums | memorandumens |
References
- memorandum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- memorandum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- memorandum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)