memorable

See also mémorable

English

Etymology

Latin memorabilis, from memorare (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). See memory, and confer memorabilia.

Adjective

memorable (comparative more memorable, superlative most memorable)

1. Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.

   Surviving fame to gain, By tombs, by books, by memorable deeds. -Sir John Davies.

Derived terms

• memorableness
• memorability
• memorably

Translations

worthy to be remembered

• Afrikaans: gedenkwaardig (af)
• Catalan: memorable (ca)
• Dutch: memorabel (nl), gedenkwaardig (nl)
• French: mémorable (fr)

• Hungarian: emlékezetes (hu)
• Icelandic: eftirminnilegur (is); minnistæður (is)
• Latin: memorabilis (la)
• Spanish: memorable (es)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Spanish

Adjective

memorable m and f (plural memorables)

1. memorable

Related terms

• memoria