memorial
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Noun (3)memorials
- a recognition of meritorious serviceSynonyms: commemorationremembranceType of recognition, creditKinds festschrift, epitaph
- a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authorityType of message, content
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or eventsSynonyms: monumentType of structure, constructionKinds gravestone, brass, national monument, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, pantheon, megalith, cenotaph, triumphal archExamples Washington Monument, Statue of Liberty, Lincoln Memorial, Great Pyramid of Giza
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Translations
Noun monument in memory of someone
- Spanish
- memorial
- French
- mémorial
- German
- Denkmal
- Italian
- monumento
- Turkish
- abide
- Russian
- мемориа́л memoriál
- Chinese
- 纪念碑 jìniànbēi
- Japanese
- 記念碑 kinenhi
- Dutch
- herdenkingsplaats
- Polish
- pomnik
12 more languages
- Swedish
- minnesmärke
- Greek
- μνημείο mnimeío
- Korean
- 기념물 ginyeommul
- Hungarian
- emlékmű
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 紀念碑 jìniànbēi
- Czech
- památník
- Esperanto
- memorejo
- Finnish
- muistomerkki
- Hebrew
- אַנְדַּרְטָה andárta
- Norwegian
- minnesmerke
- Romanian
- memorial
- Scottish Gaelic
- cuimhneachan
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. mémorial, L. memorialis, fr. memoria. See Memory.
1. Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.
There high in air, memorial of my name, Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.— Alexander Pope
2. Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.
3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.— Walter William Skeat
Memorial Day. See Memorial Day in the vocabulary. Also called Decoration Day. U.S.
Origin: Cf. F. mémorial.
1. Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument. Thomas Babington Macaulay
Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity itself.— Richard Hooker
2. A memorandum; a record. obsolete or rare Sir John Hayward
3. A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., — often accompanied with a petition.
4. Memory; remembrance. obsolete
Precious is the memorial of the just.— John Evelyn
5. Diplomacy A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC