commemorate

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• /kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M EH1 M ER0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin commemorātus, perfect passive participle of commemorō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Sporadic usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: anmaq — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Bulgarian: отбелязвам годишнина (otbeljazvam godišnina) — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Catalan: commemorar — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Dutch: herdenken — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Finnish: muistella — to honor the memory of someone or something
• French: commémorer — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Galician: conmemorar — to honor the memory of someone or something
• German: gedenken — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Greek: εορτάζω τη μνήμη (eortázo ti mními) — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Hungarian: megemlékezik — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Indonesian: memperingati — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Italian: commemorare — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Central Kurdish: بیرەوەریی کردن (bîrewerîy kirdin) — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Māori: whakamahara — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Polish: uczcić pamięć — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Portuguese: comemorar — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Russian: чтить (čtitʹ) — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Russian: почти́ть (počtítʹ) — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Spanish: conmemorar — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Swedish: högtidlighålla — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Vietnamese: kỷ niệm — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Vietnamese: tưởng nhớ — to honor the memory of someone or something
• Bulgarian: напомням (napomnjam) — to serve as memorial to someone or something
• French: commémorer — to serve as memorial to someone or something
• Galician: conmemorar — to serve as memorial to someone or something
• German: erinnern an — to serve as memorial to someone or something
• Hungarian: emlékét őrzi — to serve as memorial to someone or something
• Italian: commemorare — to serve as memorial to someone or something
• Polish: upamiętniać — to serve as memorial to someone or something
• Polish: upamiętnić — to serve as memorial to someone or something
• Russian: ознамено́вывать (oznamenóvyvatʹ) — to serve as memorial to someone or something
• Russian: ознаменова́ть (oznamenovátʹ) — to serve as memorial to someone or something