memorial

memorial

See also: mémorial

English

Etymology

From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/

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• (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /məˈmoʊɹi.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪəl

Noun

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memorial (plural memorials)

1. (obsolete) Memory; recollection. [14th–18th c.]
2. Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered. [from 14th c.]
3. A chronicle or memoir. [from 14th c.]
4. (now rare) A note or memorandum. [from 14th c.]
5. (chiefly Christianity) A service of remembrance or commemoration. [from 15th c.]
6. (law) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc. [from 17th c.]
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995:

     Captain Surman […] immediately addressed a memorial to the governor, stating that an act of Providence had sent him into port for the preservation of the lives of those on board; he therefore trusted he should be allowed to refit and depart.

Derived terms

• memorialize

Translations

structure

Albanian: memorial m Arabic: نُصْب‎ (ar) m (nuṣb), نُصْب تَذْكَارِيّ‎ m (nuṣb taḏkāriyy) Armenian: հուշարձան (hy) (hušarjan), հիշատակ (hy) (hišatak) Belarusian: мемарыя́л m (mjemaryjál), по́мнік (be) m (pómnik), па́мятнік m (pámjatnik) Bulgarian: па́метник (bg) m (pámetnik), мемориа́л m (memoriál) Catalan: monument commemoratiu m Chinese: Mandarin: 紀念館／纪念馆 (zh) (jìniànguǎn) (memorial hall), 紀念碑／纪念碑 (zh) (jìniànbēi) (monument) Czech: památník (cs) m, pomník (cs) m Danish: mindesmærke n Dutch: herdenkingsplaats (nl) m Esperanto: memorejo Estonian: memoriaal Finnish: muistomerkki (fi) French: mémorial (fr) m Georgian: მემორიალი (memoriali) German: Denkmal (de) n, Mahnmal (de) n Greek: μνημείο (el) n (mnimeío) Ancient: μνῆμα n (mnêma), μνημεῖον n (mnēmeîon) Hebrew: אַנְדְּרָטָה / אַנְדַּרְטָה‎ (he) f (andárta) Hungarian: emlékmű (hu) Japanese: 記念物 (ja) (きねんぶつ, kinenbutsu) Korean: 기념물(紀念物) (ko) (ginyeommul) Latin: monumentum n Latvian: memoriāls m Lithuanian: memorialas m Norwegian: Bokmål: minnesmerke n Nynorsk: minnesmerke n Persian: یادواره‎ (fa) (yâdvâre), یادبود‎ (fa) (yâdbud) Plautdietsch: Denkjmol n Polish: miejsce pamięci (pl) n, pomnik (pl) m Portuguese: monumento comemorativo m Russian: мемориа́л (ru) m (memoriál), па́мятник (ru) m (pámjatnik) Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan m Slovak: pamätník m, pomník m Slovene: spomenik (sl) m Spanish: monumento conmemorativo m Swedish: minnesmärke (sv) n Turkish: anıt (tr), abide (tr) Ukrainian: меморіа́л m (memoriál), па́м'ятник m (pámʺjatnyk)

service

Belarusian: памі́н m (pamín), паміна́нне n (paminánnje) Bulgarian: по́мен (bg) m (pómen) Finnish: muistotilaisuus (fi) German: Gedenkgottesdienst (de) m Hungarian: megemlékezés (hu) Russian: поминове́ние (ru) n (pominovénije) Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan m Spanish: conmemoración (es) f Swedish: minneshögtid c, minnesgudstjänst c (religious service) Ukrainian: помина́ння n (pomynánnja), по́мин m (pómyn)

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Adjective

memorial (comparative more memorial, superlative most memorial)

1. Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.

   a memorial building

   • 1725, Homer; [Alexander Pope], transl., “Book XI”, in The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646:

     There high in air, memorial of my name, / Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.

2. Contained in the memory.

   a memorial possession

3. (now rare) Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
   • 1887, Walter William Skeat, Principles of English Etymology:

     This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.

Translations

serving as a remembrance

Bulgarian: паметен (bg) (pameten) Finnish: muisto- French: mémoriel (fr) German: Gedenk- Greek: Ancient: μνημονικός (mnēmonikós) Hebrew: זיכרון‎ (he) m (zikarón) Hungarian: megemlékező (hu), emlékeztető (hu), emlék- (hu) Spanish: conmemorativo (es) Swedish: minnes- Ukrainian: меморіа́льний (memoriálʹnyj)

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

memorial

1. memorial.

Declension

Declension of memorial

nominative	memorial
genitive	memorialnıñ
dative	memorialğa
accusative	memorialnı
locative	memorialda
ablative	memorialdan

Adjective

memorial

1. memorial.

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Romanian

Etymology

From German Memorial or French mémorial or Latin memorialis.

Adjective

memorial m or n (feminine singular memorială, masculine plural memoriali, feminine and neuter plural memoriale)

1. memorial

Declension

Declension of memorial

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	memorial		memorială	memoriali	memoriale
	definite	memorialul		memoriala	memorialii	memorialele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	memorial		memoriale	memoriali	memoriale
	definite	memorialului		memorialei	memorialilor	memorialelor

Noun

memorial n (plural memoriale)

1. memorial

Declension

Declension of memorial

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) memorial	memorialul	(niște) memoriale	memorialele
genitive/dative	(unui) memorial	memorialului	(unor) memoriale	memorialelor
vocative	memorialule		memorialelor

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin memoriālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /memoˈɾjal/ [me.moˈɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: me‧mo‧rial

Noun

memorial m (plural memoriales)

1. memorial

Related terms

• memoria

Further reading

• “memorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014