# memorandum
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmɛm.əˈɹæn.dəm/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

memorandum (plural memorandums or memoranda)
* A short note serving as a reminder.
* A written business communication.
* A brief diplomatic communication.
* A page in an annual publication honoring the memory of a person who died during the past year.

#### Derived terms

* hortatory memorandum
* memorandum for record
* memorandum for the record
* memorandum of association
* memorandum of understanding
* memorandum opinion
* presidential memorandum

#### Related terms

* memoir
* memorate
* memorial
* memory

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “memorandum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “memorandum”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin memorandum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmeː.moːˈrɑn.dʏm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: me‧mo‧ran‧dum

### Noun

memorandum n (plural memoranda)
* memorandum (reminder, short note)

#### Derived terms

* memo

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin memorandum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /me.moˈran.dum/
* Rhymes: -andum
* Hyphenation: me‧mo‧ràn‧dum

### Noun

memorandum m (invariable)
* memorandum

### References

* ↑ memorandum in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Latin
### Participle

memorandum
* inflection of memorandus:
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
** accusative masculine singular

## Maltese
### Alternative forms

* memorandu

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian memorandum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛ.mɔˈran.dum/

### Noun

memorandum m (plural memoranda)
* memorandum

#### Related terms

* immemorabbli
* memorabbli
* memorja
* memorjal

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin memorandum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛ.mɔˈran.dum/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -andum
* Syllabification: me‧mo‧ran‧dum

### Noun

memorandum n
* memorandum (diplomatic letter without address, signature, and seal, generally presenting the state's views on the factual or legal side of the issues under negotiation and typically containing a repetition or supplement to a statement made orally, or to a conversation held)
    Synonym: aide-mémoire

#### Declension
### Further reading

* memorandum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* memorandum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* memorandum in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin memorandum.

### Noun

memorandum n (plural memorandumuri)
* memorandum

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /memorǎndum/
* Hyphenation: me‧mo‧ran‧dum

### Noun

memoràndum m (Cyrillic spelling мемора̀ндум)
* memorandum
* letterhead

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

memorandum n
* a memorandum

#### Declension
### References

* memorandum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* memorandum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* memorandum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)