memorial
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
law
Etymology: From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial.
Inflected forms:
form: memorials
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more memorial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most memorial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Memory; recollection.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: A chronicle or memoir.
pos: noun
gloss: A note or memorandum.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A service of remembrance or commemoration.
pos: noun
gloss: A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
pos: adj
examples: a memorial building
There high in air, memorial of my name, / Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
gloss: Contained in the memory.
pos: adj
examples: a memorial possession
gloss: Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.
Derived words: memorialisation
memorialise
memorialist
memorialize
memorially
memorial park
memorial pole
memorial rose
memorial service
metamemorial
war memorial
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: memorial
lang: Arabic
word: نُصْب
roman: nuṣb
lang: Arabic
word: نُصْب تَذْكَارِيّ
roman: nuṣb taḏkāriyy
lang: Armenian
word: հուշարձան
roman: hušarjan
lang: Armenian
word: հիշատակ
roman: hišatak
lang: Belarusian
word: мемарыя́л
roman: mjemaryjál
lang: Belarusian
word: по́мнік
roman: pómnik
lang: Belarusian
word: па́мятнік
roman: pámjatnik
lang: Bulgarian
word: па́метник
roman: pámetnik
lang: Bulgarian
word: мемориа́л
roman: memoriál
lang: Catalan
word: monument commemoratiu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 紀念館 /纪念馆
roman: jìniànguǎn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 紀念碑 /纪念碑
roman: jìniànbēi
lang: Czech
word: památník
lang: Czech
word: pomník
lang: Danish
word: mindesmærke
lang: Dutch
word: herdenkingsplaats
lang: Esperanto
word: memorejo
lang: Estonian
word: memoriaal
lang: Finnish
word: muistomerkki
lang: French
word: mémorial
lang: Georgian
word: მემორიალი
roman: memoriali
lang: German
word: Denkmal
lang: German
word: Mahnmal
lang: Greek
word: μνημείο
roman: mnimeío
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μνῆμα
roman: mnêma
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μνημεῖον
roman: mnēmeîon
lang: Hebrew
word: אַנְדְּרָטָה
lang: Hebrew
word: אַנְדַּרְטָה
roman: andárta
lang: Hindi
word: स्मारक
roman: smārak
lang: Hungarian
word: emlékmű
lang: Irish
word: leacht
lang: Japanese
word: 記念物
roman: kinenbutsu
lang: Korean
word: 기념물
roman: ginyeommul
lang: Latin
word: monumentum
lang: Latvian
word: memoriāls
lang: Lithuanian
word: memorialas
lang: Malayalam
word: സ്മാരകം
roman: smārakaṁ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: minnesmerke
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: minnesmerke
lang: Persian
word: یادواره
roman: yâdvâre
lang: Persian
word: یادبود
roman: yâdbud
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Denkjmol
lang: Polish
word: miejsce pamięci
lang: Polish
word: pomnik
lang: Portuguese
word: monumento comemorativo
lang: Punjabi
word: ਯਾਦਗਾਰ
roman: yādgār
lang: Punjabi
word: ਸਮਾਰਕ
roman: samārak
lang: Russian
word: мемориа́л
roman: memoriál
lang: Russian
word: па́мятник
roman: pámjatnik
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cuimhneachan
lang: Slovak
word: pamätník
lang: Slovak
word: pomník
lang: Slovene
word: spomenik
lang: Spanish
word: monumento conmemorativo
lang: Swedish
word: minnesmärke
lang: Tamil
word: நினைவகம்
roman: niṉaivakam
lang: Turkish
word: anıt
lang: Turkish
word: abide
lang: Ukrainian
word: меморіа́л
roman: memoriál
lang: Ukrainian
word: па́м'ятник
roman: pámʺjatnyk