commemoration

See also: commémoration

English

Etymology

First attested in 1384, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English commemoracioun, from Old French commemoration (French commémoration), from Latin commemorātiō. By surface analysis, commemorate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˌmɛməˈɹeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

commemoration (countable and uncountable, plural commemorations)

1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.

   commemoration ceremony

   in commemoration of

   annual commemoration

   A statue was built in commemoration of the event.

   The service was held in commemoration of fallen soldiers.

2. That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
3. (religion) The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead.
4. (UK) The great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday.

Derived terms

• commemorational
• noncommemoration

Translations

act of commemorating

• Bulgarian: напомняне (bg) n (napomnjane)
• Catalan: commemoració f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紀念 / 纪念 (zh) (jìniàn)

• Comorian:

  Ngazidja Comorian: usherehi class 11

• Dutch: herdenking (nl) f, gedachtenis (nl) f
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} mälestamine
• Finnish: muistaminen (fi), muistotilaisuus (fi)
• French: commémoration (fr) f
• Galician: conmemoración (gl) f
• German: Gedenken (de) n, Gedenkveranstaltung (de) f
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} emlékünnep (hu), ^{(please verify)} megemlékezés (hu)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} peringatan (id)
• Irish: cuimhneachán m
• Italian: commemorazione (it) f, ricordo (it) m, memoria (it) f, rievocazione (it) f
• Japanese: 記念 (ja) (きねん, kinen)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: یاد (yad)

• Latin: commemorātiō f
• Māori: whakamaharatanga, whakamaumaharatanga
• Polish: upamiętnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: comemoração (pt) f
• Russian: пра́зднование (ru) n (prázdnovanije) (celebration), поминове́ние (ru) n (pominovénije) (memorial)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachadh m, cuimhneachan m
• Spanish: conmemoración (es) f
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} adhimisho (sw)
• Turkish: anma (tr)