memorial
Syllables: me·mo·ri·al/məˈmɔːɹi.əl/
memorial noun: memory; recollection.
Noun
memorial (plural memorials)
- Memory; recollection.
- Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
- 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...1870, Walter Arthur Copinger, “Copyright in Sculpture and Busts”, in The Law of Copyright, in Works of Literature and Art: Including that of the Drama, Music, Engraving, Sculpture, Painting...
- 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...1953 November, H. M. Madgwick, “A Last Journey on the Chichester-Midhurst Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 775
- A chronicle or memoir.
- A note or memorandum.
- A service of remembrance or commemoration.
- A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.
- 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.1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, page 178
Adjective
memorial (comparative more memorial, superlative most memorial)
- Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
- a memorial building
- There high in air, memorial of my name, / Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.1725, Homer, “Book XI”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
- Contained in the memory.
- a memorial possession
- Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
- This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.1887, Walter William Skeat, Principles of English Etymology
memorial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
memorial in Hindi
- structure
- स्मारक smārak
memorial in Tamil
- structure
- நினைவகம் niṉaivakam
memorial in Marathi
- स्मारक, स्मारका, स्मारकाचे
memorial in Urdu
- memorial, mark of remembrance, keepsake, bookmark
- نشانی niśānī
More languagesFewer languages
- memorial in Bengali
- স্মৃতিসৌধ, স্মৃতিচিহ্ন, প্রার্থনাপত্র, স্মরণিক
- memorial in Telugu
- స్మారకచిహ్నము smārakacihnamu
- memorial in Malayalam
- സ്മാരകം smārakaṁ
- memorial in Kannada
- ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ saṃsthe
- memorial in Punjabi
- ਯਾਦਗਾਰ yādgār, ਸਮਾਰਕ samārak, ਯਾਦਗਾਰੀ yādgārī
- memorial in Odia
- ସ୍ମାରକୀ, ସ୍ମୃତିସୌଧ, ସ୍ମୃତିସ୍ତମ୍ଭ
- memorial in Nepali
- स्मारक, स्मारिका, मेमोरियल
- memorial in Arabic
- نُصْب nuṣb, نُصْب تَذْكَارِيّ nuṣb taḏkāriyy
- memorial in Persian
- یادواره yâdvâre, یادبود yâdbud
Examples of memorial in a sentence
- This memorial will show our ageless respect to those who died.
- They were playing the slideshow on loop during the memorial service.
- I can't believe you laughed during the memorial, you jokeman!
Forms of memorial
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | memorials |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more memorial |
| superlative | most memorial |
Origin of memorial
From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial.
Words formed from memorial
Phrases with memorial
Words that rhyme with memorial
- monitorial
- territorial
- accessorial
- arboreal
- categorial
- equatorial
- factorial
- inquisitorial
- pictorial
- sartorial
- senatorial
- tutorial
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- accusatorial
- assessorial
- censorial
- combinatorial
- conspiratorial
- corporeal
- cursorial
- dictatorial
- directorial
- editorial
- enchorial
- epichorial
- executorial
- grallatorial
- imperatorial
- incorporeal
- intracorporeal
- lavatorial
- marmoreal
- multifactorial
- observatorial
- piscatorial
- primorial
- promontorial
- proprietorial
- purgatorial
- rasorial
- responsorial
- saltatorial
- scansorial
- sectorial
- spectatorial
- suctorial
- tectorial
- uxorial
- vectorial
- advertorial
- agitatorial
- amatorial
- ambassadorial
- ambulatorial
- ancestorial
- armorial
- assertorial
- auctorial
- auditorial
- authorial
- boreal
Questions about memorial
- What does memorial mean?
- Memorial means memory; recollection.
- What is memorial in Hindi?
- Memorial in Hindi is स्मारक (smārak). See Memorial meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is memorial?
- Memorial can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce memorial?
- Memorial is pronounced /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/.
- What is the plural of memorial?
- The plural of memorial is memorials.
Words near memorial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: memorial (page history and authors); memorial (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); نشانی (Urdu) (page history and authors); memorial (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); స్మారకచిహ్నము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); memorial (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); memorial (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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