commemorate

English

Etymology

From Latin commemorare, from com- + memorare to remind of (see memory).

Verb

commemorate (third-person singular simple present commemorates, present participle commemorating, simple past and past participle commemorated)

1. (transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony.
   • On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march.
2. (transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something.
   • The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.

Translations

to honor the memory of someone or something

Bulgarian: отбелязвам годишнина (bg) Finnish: muistella (fi) French: commémorer (fr) German: gedenken (de)

Hungarian: megemlékez (hu) Indonesian: memperingati (id) Kurdish: بیره‌وه‌ریی کردن Portuguese: comemorar (pt)

to serve as memorial to someone or something

Bulgarian: напомням (bg) French: commémorer (fr)

German: erinnern an Hungarian: emlékét őrzi (hu)

Derived terms

• commemorative
• commemoration

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Italian

Verb

commemorate

1. second-person plural present indicative of commemorare
2. second-person plural imperative of commemorare
3. Feminine plural of commemorato

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Latin

Verb

commemorāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of commemorō