memorable

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See also: mémorable

English

Etymology

From Middle English memorable, memorrable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (to bring to remembrance), from memor (mindful, remembering). By surface analysis, memory +‎ -able, see memory. Doublet of memorabile (singular of memorabilia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛm(ə)ɹəbl̩/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: mem‧or‧able

Adjective

memorable (comparative more memorable, superlative most memorable)

  1. Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
    a memorable holiday
    • 1599, John Davies, Nosce Teipsum:
      Men have surviving Fame to gain,
      By Tombs, by Books, by memorable Deeds
    • 1999 December 22, Jacques Steinberg, “Behind Squeaky Elmo, 6 Feet of Baritone”, in The New York Times:
      But Mr. Hunt hated the character immediately -- Elmo wasn't edgy enough -- and, on one memorable morning, brought him into the Muppeteers' lounge "hanging by the rods," the chopsticklike bars that control his paws.

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Noun

memorable (plural memorables)

  1. Something interesting enough to be remembered.
    • 1870, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, page 237:
      These were all the memorables of our visit to Dumbarton Castle, which is a most interesting spot, and connected with a long series of historical events.

References

  1. ^ memorable, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin memorābilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

memorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural memorables)

  1. memorable

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin memorābilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /memoˈɾable/
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: me‧mo‧ra‧ble

Adjective

memorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural memorables)

  1. memorable

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