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memorable

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/
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  • CMU ARPABET: M EH1 M ER0 AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a memorable holiday

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something interesting enough to be remembered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

worth remembering

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English memorable, memorrable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). By surface analysis, memory + -able, see memory. Doublet of memorabile (singular of memorabilia).

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gedenkwaardig — worthy of being remembered
  • Bulgarian: паметен (pameten) — worthy of being remembered
  • Bulgarian: незабравим (nezabravim) — worthy of being remembered
  • Catalan: memorable — worthy of being remembered
  • Chinese Mandarin: 難忘 /难忘 (nánwàng) — worthy of being remembered
  • Chinese Mandarin: 值得紀念的 /值得纪念的 (zhíde jìniàn de) — worthy of being remembered
  • Danish: mindeværdig — worthy of being remembered
  • Dutch: memorabel — worthy of being remembered
  • Dutch: gedenkwaardig — worthy of being remembered
  • Esperanto: memorinda — worthy of being remembered
  • Finnish: mieleenpainuva — worthy of being remembered
  • French: mémorable — worthy of being remembered
  • Galician: memorábel — worthy of being remembered
  • German: denkwürdig — worthy of being remembered
  • German: merkwürdig — worthy of being remembered
  • German: einprägsam — worthy of being remembered
  • Greek: αξιομνημόνευτος (axiomnimóneftos) — worthy of being remembered
  • Hindi: स्मरणीय (smarṇīya) — worthy of being remembered
  • Hungarian: emlékezetes — worthy of being remembered
  • Icelandic: eftirminnilegur — worthy of being remembered
  • Icelandic: minnistæður — worthy of being remembered
  • Latin: memorābilis — worthy of being remembered
  • Norwegian Bokmål: minneverdig — worthy of being remembered
  • Norwegian Bokmål: minnerik — worthy of being remembered
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: minneverdig — worthy of being remembered
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: minnerik — worthy of being remembered
  • Old English: ġemyndelīċ — worthy of being remembered
  • Plautdietsch: denkjwieet — worthy of being remembered
  • Polish: pamiętny — worthy of being remembered
  • Portuguese: memorável — worthy of being remembered
  • Romanian: memorabil — worthy of being remembered
  • Russian: па́мятный (pámjatnyj) — worthy of being remembered
  • Russian: запомина́ющийся (zapominájuščijsja) — worthy of being remembered
  • Spanish: memorable — worthy of being remembered
  • Spanish: inolvidable — worthy of being remembered
  • Swedish: minnesvärd — worthy of being remembered
  • Welsh: cofiadwy — worthy of being remembered
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