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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/
- Hyphenation: mem‧or‧able
Adjective
memorable (comparative more memorable, superlative most memorable)
- 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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Translations
worthy of being remembered
- Afrikaans: gedenkwaardig
- Bulgarian: паметен (bg) (pameten), незабравим (bg) (nezabravim)
- Catalan: memorable (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 難忘 / 难忘 (zh) (nánwàng), 值得紀念的 / 值得纪念的 (zhíde jìniàn de)
- Danish: mindeværdig
- Dutch: memorabel (nl), gedenkwaardig (nl)
- Esperanto: memorinda
- Finnish: mieleenpainuva
- French: mémorable (fr)
- Galician: memorábel (gl)
- German: denkwürdig (de), merkwürdig (de), einprägsam (de)
- Greek: αξιομνημόνευτος (el) (axiomnimóneftos)
- Hindi: स्मरणीय (hi) (smarṇīya)
- Hungarian: emlékezetes (hu)
- Icelandic: eftirminnilegur (is), minnistæður
- Latin: memorābilis
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: minneverdig, minnerik
- Nynorsk: minneverdig, minnerik
- Old English: ġemyndelīċ
- Plautdietsch: denkjwieet
- Polish: pamiętny (pl)
- Portuguese: memorável (pt)
- Romanian: memorabil (ro)
- Russian: па́мятный (ru) (pámjatnyj), запомина́ющийся (zapominájuščijsja)
- Spanish: memorable (es), inolvidable (es)
- Swedish: minnesvärd (sv)
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Noun
memorable (plural memorables)
- 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
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin memorābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
memorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural memorables)
- memorable
Further reading
- “memorable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , April 2007
- “memorable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “memorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “memorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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)
- memorable
Derived terms
Further reading