memorial

From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis.

• IPA^(key): /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/

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• (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /məˈmoʊɹi.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪəl

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memorial (plural memorials)

1. (obsolete) Memory; recollection. [14th–18th c.]
2. Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered. [from 14th c.]
3. A chronicle or memoir. [from 14th c.]
4. (now rare) A note or memorandum. [from 14th c.]
5. (chiefly Christianity) A service of remembrance or commemoration. [from 15th c.]
6. (law) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc. [from 17th c.]
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, page 178:

     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.

memorial (comparative more memorial, superlative most memorial)

1. Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.

   a memorial building

   • 1725, Homer, “Book XI”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     There high in air, memorial of my name, / Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.

2. Contained in the memory.

   a memorial possession

3. (now rare) Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
   • 1887, Walter William Skeat, Principles of English Etymology:

     This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.

Borrowed from Russian мемориал (memorial)

memorial

1. memorial

memorial

1. memorial

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “memorial”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Borrowed from German Memorial or French mémorial or Latin memorialis. By surface analysis, memorie +‎ -al.

memorial m or n (feminine singular memorială, masculine plural memoriali, feminine and neuter plural memoriale)

1. memorial

memorial n (plural memoriale)

1. memorial

From Latin memoriālis.

• IPA^(key): /memoˈɾjal/ [me.moˈɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: me‧mo‧rial

memorial m (plural memoriales)

1. memorial

• “memorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014