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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin memorābilia (“things to be remembered”), use as noun after Ancient Greek ἀπομνημονεύματα (apomnēmoneúmata) of the neuter plural of memorābilis (“memorable”). English use is perhaps after the Latin title Memorabilia of Xenophon’s collection of Socratic dialogues.
Pronunciation
Noun
memorabilia pl (normally plural, singular (rare) memorabile)
- (originally US) Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events.
- Synonyms: mementos, souvenirs, keepsakes
George has a collection of World War II memorabilia.
1981, “Memorabilia”, in Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, performed by Soft Cell:I can't remember / Give me a reminder / I collect, I reject / Memorabilia / Memorabilia
- (now rare) Things worth remembering: noteworthy points.
1785, James Boswell, “To James Boswell, Esq.”, in The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. , London: Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, , →OCLC, page 522:On the other hand, how uſeful is ſuch a faculty, if well exerciſed! To it we owe all thoſe intereſting apothegms and memorabilia of the ancients, which Plutarch, Xenophon, and Valerius Maximus, have tranſmitted to us.
Translations
objects that are connected to past events
References
Latin
Adjective
memorābilia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of memorābilis
References
- “memorabilia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish
Noun
memorabilia f (plural memorabilias)
- memorabilia