adj
Meaning 1
Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a memorial building
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Standard Lemma guide
memorial
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.
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Pronunciation
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mə-môr′ē-əl
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/məˈmɔːɹi.əl/
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/məˈmoʊɹi.əl/ without the horse–hoarse merger
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rhymes with -ɔːɹiəl
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adj
Meaning 2
Contained in the memory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a memorial possession
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adj
Meaning 3
Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 4
Memory; recollection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A chronicle or memoir.
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noun
Meaning 7
A note or memorandum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 8
A service of remembrance or commemoration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Meaning 9
A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 10
a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monument
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, construction
Narrower terms: brass, memorial tablet, plaque, cenotaph, empty tomb, gravestone, headstone, tombstone, megalith, megalithic structure, national monument, pantheon, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Seven Wonders of the World, triumphal arch, Lincoln Memorial, Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt, Statue of Liberty, Washington Monument
noun
Meaning 11
a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance
noun
Meaning 12
a recognition of meritorious service
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: commemoration, remembrance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: recognition, credit
Narrower terms: epitaph, festschrift
History
Etymology
From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial.
Across languages
Translations
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: паметен (pameten) — serving as a remembrance
- Catalan: commemoratiu — serving as a remembrance
- Finnish: muisto- — serving as a remembrance
- French: mémoriel — serving as a remembrance
- German: Gedenk- — serving as a remembrance
- Ancient Greek: μνημονικός (mnēmonikós) — serving as a remembrance
- Hebrew: זיכרון (zikarón) — serving as a remembrance
- Hungarian: megemlékező — serving as a remembrance
- Hungarian: emlékeztető — serving as a remembrance
- Hungarian: emlék- — serving as a remembrance
- Punjabi: ਯਾਦਗਾਰੀ (yādgārī) — serving as a remembrance
- Spanish: conmemorativo — serving as a remembrance
- Swedish: minnes- — serving as a remembrance
- Ukrainian: меморіа́льний (memoriálʹnyj) — serving as a remembrance
- Albanian: memorial — structure
- Arabic: نُصْب (nuṣb) — structure
- Arabic: نُصْب تَذْكَارِيّ (nuṣb taḏkāriyy) — structure
- Armenian: հուշարձան (hušarjan) — structure
- Armenian: հիշատակ (hišatak) — structure
- Belarusian: мемарыя́л (mjemaryjál) — structure
- Belarusian: по́мнік (pómnik) — structure
- Belarusian: па́мятнік (pámjatnik) — structure
- Bulgarian: па́метник (pámetnik) — structure
- Bulgarian: мемориа́л (memoriál) — structure
- Catalan: monument commemoratiu — structure
- Chinese Mandarin: 紀念館 /纪念馆 (jìniànguǎn) — structure
- Chinese Mandarin: 紀念碑 /纪念碑 (jìniànbēi) — structure
- Czech: památník — structure
- Czech: pomník — structure
- Danish: mindesmærke — structure
- Dutch: herdenkingsplaats — structure
- Esperanto: memorejo — structure
- Estonian: memoriaal — structure
- Finnish: muistomerkki — structure
- French: mémorial — structure
- Georgian: მემორიალი (memoriali) — structure
- German: Denkmal — structure
- German: Mahnmal — structure
- Greek: μνημείο (mnimeío) — structure
- Ancient Greek: μνῆμα (mnêma) — structure
- Ancient Greek: μνημεῖον (mnēmeîon) — structure
- Hebrew: אַנְדְּרָטָה — structure
- Hebrew: אַנְדַּרְטָה (andárta) — structure
- Hindi: स्मारक (smārak) — structure
- Hungarian: emlékmű — structure
- Irish: leacht — structure
- Japanese: 記念物 (kinenbutsu) — structure
- Korean: 기념물 (ginyeommul) — structure
- Latin: monumentum — structure
- Latvian: memoriāls — structure
- Lithuanian: memorialas — structure
- Malayalam: സ്മാരകം (smārakaṁ) — structure
- Norwegian Bokmål: minnesmerke — structure
- Norwegian Nynorsk: minnesmerke — structure
- Persian: یادواره (yâdvâre) — structure
- Persian: یادبود (yâdbud) — structure
- Plautdietsch: Denkjmol — structure
- Polish: miejsce pamięci — structure
- Polish: pomnik — structure
- Portuguese: monumento comemorativo — structure
- Punjabi: ਯਾਦਗਾਰ (yādgār) — structure
- Punjabi: ਸਮਾਰਕ (samārak) — structure
- Russian: мемориа́л (memoriál) — structure
- Russian: па́мятник (pámjatnik) — structure
- Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan — structure
- Slovak: pamätník — structure
- Slovak: pomník — structure
- Slovene: spomenik — structure
- Spanish: monumento conmemorativo — structure
- Swedish: minnesmärke — structure
- Tamil: நினைவகம் (niṉaivakam) — structure
- Turkish: anıt — structure
- Turkish: abide — structure
- Ukrainian: меморіа́л (memoriál) — structure
- Ukrainian: па́м'ятник (pámʺjatnyk) — structure
- Belarusian: памі́н (pamín) — service
- Belarusian: паміна́нне (paminánnje) — service
- Bulgarian: по́мен (pómen) — service
- Finnish: muistotilaisuus — service
- German: Gedenkgottesdienst — service
- Hungarian: megemlékezés — service
- Russian: поминове́ние (pominovénije) — service
- Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan — service
- Spanish: conmemoración — service
- Swedish: minneshögtid — service
- Swedish: minnesgudstjänst — service
- Ukrainian: помина́ння (pomynánnja) — service
- Ukrainian: по́мин (pómyn) — service
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