memorial

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See also: mémorial

English

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Etymology

From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis.

Pronunciation

Noun

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memorial (plural memorials)

  1. (obsolete) Memory; recollection.
  2. Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
  3. A chronicle or memoir.
  4. (now rare) A note or memorandum.
  5. (chiefly Christianity) A service of remembrance or commemoration.
  6. (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.
    • 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

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Adjective

memorial (comparative more memorial, superlative most memorial)

  1. Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
    a memorial building
  2. Contained in the memory.
    a memorial possession
  3. (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

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мемориал (memorial)

Noun

memorial

  1. memorial

Declension

Declension of memorial
singular plural
nominative memorial memoriallar
genitive memorialnıñ memoriallarnıñ
dative memorialğa memoriallarğa
accusative memorialnı memoriallarnı
locative memorialda memoriallarda
ablative memorialdan memoriallardan

Adjective

memorial

  1. memorial

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, 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)

  1. memorial

Declension

Declension of memorial
singular plural
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)

  1. memorial

Declension

Declension of memorial
singular plural
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

  • IPA(key): /memoˈɾjal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: me‧mo‧rial

Noun

memorial m (plural memoriales)

  1. memorial

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