English Explanatory Dictionary

memorial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Memory; recollection.
  2. Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
  3. A chronicle or memoir.
  4. A note or memorandum.
  5. A service of remembrance or commemoration.
  6. A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.
adj
  1. Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
  2. Contained in the memory.
  3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

Pronunciation

mə-môr′ē-əl /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-memorial.wav /məˈmoʊɹi.əl/

Word forms

memorial memorials more memorial most memorial

Etymology

From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial.

Derived words

memorialisation memorialise memorialist memorialize memorially memorial park memorial pole memorial rose memorial service metamemorial war memorial

Translations

Albanian: memorial Arabic: نُصْب Arabic: نُصْب تَذْكَارِيّ Armenian: հուշարձան Armenian: հիշատակ Belarusian: мемарыя́л Belarusian: по́мнік Belarusian: па́мятнік Bulgarian: па́метник Bulgarian: мемориа́л Catalan: monument commemoratiu Chinese Mandarin: 紀念館 /纪念馆 Chinese Mandarin: 紀念碑 /纪念碑 Czech: památník Czech: pomník Danish: mindesmærke Dutch: herdenkingsplaats Esperanto: memorejo Estonian: memoriaal Finnish: muistomerkki French: mémorial Georgian: მემორიალი German: Denkmal German: Mahnmal Greek: μνημείο Ancient Greek: μνῆμα Ancient Greek: μνημεῖον Hebrew: אַנְדְּרָטָה Hebrew: אַנְדַּרְטָה Hindi: स्मारक Hungarian: emlékmű Irish: leacht Japanese: 記念物 Korean: 기념물 Latin: monumentum Latvian: memoriāls Lithuanian: memorialas Malayalam: സ്മാരകം Norwegian Bokmål: minnesmerke Norwegian Nynorsk: minnesmerke Persian: یادواره Persian: یادبود Plautdietsch: Denkjmol Polish: miejsce pamięci Polish: pomnik Portuguese: monumento comemorativo Punjabi: ਯਾਦਗਾਰ Punjabi: ਸਮਾਰਕ Russian: мемориа́л Russian: па́мятник Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan Slovak: pamätník Slovak: pomník Slovene: spomenik Spanish: monumento conmemorativo
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