memorial
nomadjectifcourant dans les dialogues
- //məˈmɔːɹi.əl//
- //məˈmoʊɹi.əl//
Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
nom
- 1
obsolèteMemory; recollection.
- 2
Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
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.
- 3
A chronicle or memoir.
- 4
archaïqueA note or memorandum.
- 5
A service of remembrance or commemoration.
- 6
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.
Étymologie
From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial.
adjectif
- 1
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.
- 2
Contained in the memory.
a memorial possession
- 3
archaïqueMnemonic; assisting the memory.
This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.
Formes
- pluriel
- memorials
- comparatif
- more memorial
- superlatif
- most memorial
memorial · Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
memorize · To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the…memory · The ability of the brain to record information or impressions…Memphis · A city of ancient Egypt.