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See also: mémorial
English
Etymology
From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /məˈmoʊɹi.əl/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Noun
memorial (plural memorials)
- (obsolete) Memory; recollection. [14th–18th c.]
- Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered. [from 14th c.]
- A chronicle or memoir. [from 14th c.]
- (now rare) A note or memorandum. [from 14th c.]
- (chiefly Christianity) A service of remembrance or commemoration. [from 15th c.]
- (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, page 178:
- 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
Translations
structure
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service
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Adjective
memorial (comparative more memorial, superlative most memorial)
- Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
- a memorial building
- 1725, Homer, “Book XI”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
- There high in air, memorial of my name, / Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
- Contained in the memory.
- a memorial possession
- (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
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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian мемориал (memorial)
Noun
memorial
Declension
Declension of memorial
singular | plural | |
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nominative | memorial | memoriallar |
genitive | memorialnıñ | memoriallarnıñ |
dative | memorialğa | memoriallarğa |
accusative | memorialnı | memoriallarnı |
locative | memorialda | memoriallarda |
ablative | memorialdan | memoriallardan |
Adjective
memorial
References
- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
- “memorial”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Memorial or French mémorial or Latin memorialis. By surface analysis, memorie + -al.
Adjective
memorial m or n (feminine singular memorială, masculine plural memoriali, feminine and neuter plural memoriale)
Declension
Declension of memorial
singular | plural | ||||||
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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)
Declension
Declension of memorial
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin memoriālis.
Pronunciation
Noun
memorial m (plural memoriales)
Related terms
Further reading
- “memorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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