Dictionary

memorandum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmɛm.əˈɹæn.dəm/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin memorandum, neuter of memorandus (“to be remembered”).

Meanings

1. A short note serving as a reminder.
   • ....be more difficult or uncertain than it had been for so many weeks, I had scarcely for a moment adverted to it as necessary, or placed it amongst my memoranda against this parting interview; and my final anxieties being spent in comforting her with hopes, and in pressing upon her the necessity of getting some medicines for a violent cough and hoarseness with which she was troubled, I wholly forgot it until it was too late to recall her. 1821, Thomas De Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater:
2. A written business communication.
   • The Trump administration will allow federal workers to promote their religious beliefs to colleagues, display religious items at work and pray together or individually, according to a memorandum issued Monday by the Office of Personnel Management. 2025 July 28, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, “Trump administration allows federal workers to promote religious beliefs”, in CNN:
3. A brief diplomatic communication.
4. A page in an annual publication honoring the memory of a person who died during the past year.

Forms

Deriveds

countermemorandum · memorandum opinion · memorandum of understanding · memorandize · hortatory memorandum · memorandum of association · presidential memorandum · memorandum for record · memoranduming · memo · Memorandist · memorandum of agreement · memorandum for the record

Relateds

memoir · memorate · memorial · memory

Translations (81)

de Memorandum (written business communication) · es memorando (short note serving as a reminder) · es memorándum (short note serving as a reminder) · be мемара́ндум (brief diplomatic communication) · bg запи́ска (short note serving as a reminder) · fi muistio (short note serving as a reminder) · es memorando (written business communication) · es memorando (brief diplomatic communication) · tl paandam (brief diplomatic communication) · mk но́та (brief diplomatic communication) · nl notitie (written business communication) · sd ياداشاتنامو (short note serving as a reminder) · uk но́та (brief diplomatic communication) · ja メモ (short note serving as a reminder) · be но́та (brief diplomatic communication) · et meelespea (short note serving as a reminder) · no promemoria (short note serving as a reminder) · mk за́писка (short note serving as a reminder) · bg но́та (brief diplomatic communication) · tl paandam (written business communication) · cmn 備忘錄 /备忘录 (written business communication) · fr mémorandum (written business communication) · ko 비망록 (short note serving as a reminder) · ru докладна́я запи́ска (written business communication) · sd ياداشاتنامو (brief diplomatic communication) · sd ياداشاتنامو (written business communication) · es memorándum (written business communication) · ota پوصوله (short note serving as a reminder) · pt lembrete (short note serving as a reminder) · ru служе́бная запи́ска (written business communication) · mk мемора́ндум (brief diplomatic communication) · be мэмара́ндум (brief diplomatic communication) · fr mémorandum (brief diplomatic communication) · cmn 照會 /照会 (brief diplomatic communication) · mk бе́лешка (short note serving as a reminder) · sv promemoria (brief diplomatic communication) · uk мемора́ндум (brief diplomatic communication) · el μνημόνιο (brief diplomatic communication) · hi ज्ञापन (written business communication) · ja 覚書 (written business communication) · pl notatka (short note serving as a reminder) · el μνημόνιο (written business communication) · hi याददाश्त (short note serving as a reminder) · ar مُذَكِرَة (short note serving as a reminder) · tr muhtıra (short note serving as a reminder) · gd cuimhneachan (short note serving as a reminder) · ota تذكره (short note serving as a reminder) · el υπόμνημα (written business communication) · ja 覚書 (brief diplomatic communication) · pl memorandum (brief diplomatic communication) · fi muistio (written business communication) · pt memorando (brief diplomatic communication) · ko 메모 (short note serving as a reminder) · ko 비망록 (written business communication) · pt memorando (written business communication) · ru но́та (brief diplomatic communication) · fr mémorandum (short note serving as a reminder) · fi muistio (brief diplomatic communication) · el υπόμνημα (short note serving as a reminder) · el μνημόνιο (short note serving as a reminder) · ru докладна́я (written business communication) · cmn 備忘錄 /备忘录 (short note serving as a reminder) · grc ὑπόμνημα (short note serving as a reminder) · ru мемора́ндум (brief diplomatic communication) · ru мемора́ндум (short note serving as a reminder) · sv promemoria (short note serving as a reminder) · el υπόμνημα (brief diplomatic communication) · ja 忘備録 (short note serving as a reminder) · bg беле́жка (short note serving as a reminder) · tl sulat-paalaala (short note serving as a reminder) · ru запи́ска (short note serving as a reminder) · ja 備忘録 (short note serving as a reminder) · pl zapisek (short note serving as a reminder) · es memorándum (brief diplomatic communication) · de Memorandum (brief diplomatic communication) · tl paandam (short note serving as a reminder) · ru заме́тка (short note serving as a reminder) · cy cofnod (short note serving as a reminder) · hy հուշագիր (brief diplomatic communication) · hi ज्ञापन (brief diplomatic communication) · de Memorandum (short note serving as a reminder)