memorable
See also: mémorable
English
Etymology
From Middle French mémorable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). See memory, and confer memorabilia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛm(ə)ɹəbl̩/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: mem‧or‧able
Adjective
memorable (comparative more memorable, superlative most memorable)
- Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
- 1599, John Davies, Nosce Teipsum
- Men have surviving Fame to gain,
By Tombs, by Books, by memorable Deeds
- a memorable holiday
- 1599, John Davies, Nosce Teipsum
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:memorable
Derived terms
Translations
worthy of being remembered
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Catalan
Etymology
From Latin memorābilis.
Pronunciation
Related terms
Further reading
- “memorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “memorable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “memorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “memorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin memorābilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /memoˈɾable/ [me.moˈɾa.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: me‧mo‧ra‧ble
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “memorable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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