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in memoriam en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ɪn məˈmɔː.ɹi.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɪn məˈmɔɹ.i.əm/ (US)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From Latin in memoriam (“into memory”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In memory (of); as a memorial.
    • The book can be divided into three main parts: chapters 1, 14 were written in memoriam; in the second part (chapters 2–7) Miller carries out a philosophical investigation of critical rationalism; the third part (chapters 8–13) […] 2009, Zuzana Parusniková, review of David Miller’s Out of Error, in Zuzana Parusniková and Robert S. Cohen (editors), Rethinking Popper, Springer, page 417
    • An Enchanted Castle, and Other Poems, 1893, p. 72, prefaces the poem with this line, which suggests that the poem was written “in memoriam”: “[C. L. P., OB. JULY 18, 1884.]”. 2004, John P. Frayne and Madeleine Marchaterre, “Notes” to The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume IX: Early Articles and Reviews, Scribner, page 553

Translations (26)

sv in memoriam (in memory of) · sv till minne av (in memory of) · ru в па́мять (in memory of) · fi muistolle (in memory of) · te జ్ఞాపకార్థం (in memory of) · pt in memoriam (in memory of) · fi muistoa kunnioittaen (in memory of) · fr in memoriam (in memory of) · ang on ġemynd (in memory of) · nl in memoriam (in memory of) · de im Gedenken (in memory of) · cs na památku (in memory of) · nl ter gedachtenis (in memory of) · ca en record de (in memory of) · el εις μνήμην (in memory of) · fr en souvenir de (in memory of) · pt em memória (in memory of) · pl ku pamięci (in memory of) · pl in memoriam (in memory of) · de in memoriam or in Memoriam (in memory of) · hy ի հիշատակ (in memory of) · la in memoriam (in memory of) · de im Andenken (in memory of) · es en memoria de (in memory of) · ca en memòria de (in memory of) · es en recuerdo de (in memory of)

in memoriam en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪn məˈmɔː.ɹi.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɪn məˈmɔɹ.i.əm/ (US)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From Latin in memoriam (“into memory”).

Meanings

  1. An announcement or composition etc. in memory of a deceased person.

Forms

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