Dictionary

memorial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /məˈmoʊɹi.əl/ without the horse–hoarse merger
• mə-môr′ē-əl
• /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial.

Meanings

1. Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
   • There high in air, memorial of my name, / Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame. 1725, Homer, “Book XI”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
   • a memorial building
2. Contained in the memory.
   • a memorial possession
3. (archaic) Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
   • This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH. 1887, Walter William Skeat, Principles of English Etymology:

Forms

Translations (14)

ca commemoratiu (serving as a remembrance) · de Gedenk- (serving as a remembrance) · hu megemlékező (serving as a remembrance) · fi muisto- (serving as a remembrance) · he זיכרון (serving as a remembrance) · fr mémoriel (serving as a remembrance) · hu emlék- (serving as a remembrance) · es conmemorativo (serving as a remembrance) · grc μνημονικός (serving as a remembrance) · hu emlékeztető (serving as a remembrance) · uk меморіа́льний (serving as a remembrance) · sv minnes- (serving as a remembrance) · bg паметен (serving as a remembrance) · pa ਯਾਦਗਾਰੀ (serving as a remembrance)

memorial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /məˈmoʊɹi.əl/ without the horse–hoarse merger
• mə-môr′ē-əl
• /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Memory; recollection.
2. Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
   • These mementoes or memorials [sculptural national monuments], though in the present age the unphilosophical and sciolistic spirit of some have led them to regard with contempt this method of honouring the illustrious great, excite a laudable admiration for the service or benefit to which they testify, and are living realities to perpetuate at once the respect entertained by the nation, both for the individual himself and the performance that has entitled him to their gratitude. 1870, Walter Arthur Copinger, “Copyright in Sculpture and Busts”, in The Law of Copyright, in Works of Literature and Art: Including that of the Drama, Music, Engraving, Sculpture, Painting, Photography and Ornamental and Useful Designs; together with International and Foreign Copyright, with the Statutes Relating thereto, and References to the English and American Decisions, London: Stevens and Haynes, →OCLC, page 181:
   • Although the country branch lines may pass, they leave with those who have known them so well an ineffaceable memory[,] and for those who will follow after[,] a memorial in the form of embankment, cutting and tunnel with here and there a station building or railway cottage that time does not destroy. 1953 November, H. M. Madgwick, “A Last Journey on the Chichester-Midhurst Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 775:
3. A chronicle or memoir.
4. (archaic) A note or memorandum.
5. A service of remembrance or commemoration.
6. A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.
   • 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. 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, page 178:

Forms

Deriveds

memorially · memorialize · memorial park · memorialist · memorialisation · memorialise · memorial service · memorial rose · war memorial · metamemorial · memorial pole

Translations (75)

pl pomnik (structure) · sv minnesgudstjänst (service) · cmn 紀念碑 /纪念碑 (structure) · da mindesmærke (structure) · uk меморіа́л (structure) · hu megemlékezés (service) · bg па́метник (structure) · eo memorejo (structure) · de Denkmal (structure) · tr abide (structure) · pdt Denkjmol (structure) · be памі́н (service) · de Mahnmal (structure) · lv memoriāls (structure) · sv minnesmärke (structure) · ar نُصْب (structure) · ml സ്മാരകം (structure) · ar نُصْب تَذْكَارِيّ (structure) · be паміна́нне (service) · ko 기념물 (structure) · ka მემორიალი (structure) · be па́мятнік (structure) · alt мемориал (structure) · be мемарыя́л (structure) · de Gedenkgottesdienst (service) · hy հիշատակ (structure) · grc μνῆμα (structure) · he אַנְדְּרָטָה (structure) · et memoriaal (structure) · ru мемориа́л (structure) · gd cuimhneachan (structure) · nn minnesmerke (structure) · uk па́м'ятник (structure) · fa یادواره (structure) · lt memorialas (structure) · tr anıt (structure) · cs památník (structure) · pa ਯਾਦਗਾਰ (structure) · sk pomník (structure) · la monumentum (structure) · be по́мнік (structure) · gd cuimhneachan (service) · sk pamätník (structure) · ca monument commemoratiu (structure) · fi muistomerkki (structure) · ru поминове́ние (service) · bg по́мен (service) · fa یادبود (structure) · cs pomník (structure) · pa ਸਮਾਰਕ (structure) · pl miejsce pamięci (structure) · bg мемориа́л (structure) · sv minneshögtid (service) · he אַנְדַּרְטָה (structure) · el μνημείο (structure) · hu emlékmű (structure) · ga leacht (structure) · hy հուշարձան (structure) · ta நினைவகம் (structure) · sq memorial (structure) · es conmemoración (service) · fr mémorial (structure) · nb minnesmerke (structure) · ja 記念物 (structure) · uk помина́ння (service) · pt monumento comemorativo (structure) · grc μνημεῖον (structure) · sl spomenik (structure) · fi muistotilaisuus (service) · ru па́мятник (structure) · hi स्मारक (structure) · uk по́мин (service) · es monumento conmemorativo (structure) · nl herdenkingsplaats (structure) · cmn 紀念館 /纪念馆 (structure)