memorandum

See also: Memorandum, mémorandum, and memorándum

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin memorandum, neuter of memorandus (“to be remembered”), gerundive of memorare (“to bring to rememberance”); see memorate.

Noun

memorandum (plural memorandums or memoranda)

1. A short note serving as a reminder.
2. A written business communication.
3. A brief diplomatic communication.
4. A page in an annual publication honoring the memory of a person who died during the past year.

Related terms

• memory
• memorate

Translations

short note serving as a reminder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 備忘錄／备忘录 (zh) (bèiwànglù), 备忘录 (zh) (bèiwànglù)

• Finnish: muistio (fi)
• French: mémorandum (fr) m
• German: Memorandum (de) n
• Greek: μνημόνιο (el) n (mnimónio), υπόμνημα (el) n (ypómnima)

  Ancient: ὑπόμνημα n (hupómnēma)

• Japanese: メモ (ja) (memo), 備忘録 (ja) (びぼうろく, bibōroku), 忘備録 (ぼうびろく, bōbiroku)
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• Korean: 비망록 (ko) (bimangnok)
• Portuguese: lembrete (pt) m
• Russian: заме́тка (ru) f (zamétka), запи́ска (ru) f (zapíska), мемора́ндум (ru) m (memorándum)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan m
• Sindhi: ياداشاتنامو
• Spanish: memorándum (es) m
• Tagalog: paandam, sulat-paalaala
• Welsh: cofnod (cy) m

written business communication

• Finnish: muistio (fi)
• French: mémorandum (fr) m
• German: Memorandum (de) n
• Greek: μνημόνιο (el) n (mnimónio), υπόμνημα (el) n (ypómnima)
• Japanese: 覚書 (ja) (おぼえがき, oboegaki)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: memorando (pt) m
• Russian: служе́бная запи́ска f (služébnaja zapíska), докладна́я запи́ска f (dokladnája zapíska), докладна́я (ru) f (dokladnája)
• Sindhi: ياداشاتنامو
• Spanish: memorándum (es) m
• Tagalog: paandam

brief diplomatic communication

• Armenian: հուշագիր (hy) (hušagir)
• Finnish: muistio (fi)
• French: mémorandum (fr) m
• German: Memorandum (de) n
• Greek: μνημόνιο (el) n (mnimónio), υπόμνημα (el) n (ypómnima)
• Japanese: 覚書 (ja) (おぼえがき, oboegaki)
• Polish: memorandum (pl) n
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• Portuguese: memorando (pt) m
• Russian: мемора́ндум (ru) m (memorándum), (дипломати́ческая) но́та (ru) f (nóta)
• Sindhi: ياداشاتنامو
• Spanish: memorándum (es) m
• Tagalog: paandam

Further reading

• “memorandum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “memorandum”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin

Noun

memorandum m (uncountable)

1. memorandum

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) memorandum

1. nominative neuter singular of memorandus
2. accusative masculine singular of memorandus
3. accusative neuter singular of memorandus
4. vocative neuter singular of memorandus

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin memorandum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.mɔˈran.dum/

Noun

memorandum n

1. memorandum (brief diplomatic communication)

Declension

Declension of memorandum

	singular	plural
nominative	memorandum	memoranda
genitive	memorandum	memorandów
dative	memorandum	memorandom
accusative	memorandum	memoranda
instrumental	memorandum	memorandami
locative	memorandum	memorandach
vocative	memorandum	memoranda

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /memorǎndum/
• Hyphenation: me‧mo‧ran‧dum

Noun

memoràndum m (Cyrillic spelling мемора̀ндум)

1. memorandum

Declension

Declension of memorandum

	singular	plural
nominative	memorandum	memorandumi
genitive	memoranduma	memoranduma
dative	memorandumu	memorandumima
accusative	memorandum	memorandume
vocative	memorandume	memorandumi
locative	memorandumu	memorandumima
instrumental	memorandumom	memorandumima