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memorable

See also: mémorable

English

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Etymology

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From Middle French mémorable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). See memory, and compare memorabilia.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛm(ə)ɹəbl̩/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: mem‧or‧able

Adjective

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memorable (comparative more memorable, superlative most memorable)

  1. Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
    a memorable holiday
    • 1599, John Davies, Nosce Teipsum:
      Men have surviving Fame to gain,
      By Tombs, by Books, by memorable Deeds

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Noun

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memorable (plural memorables)

  1. Something interesting enough to be remembered.
    • 1870, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, page 237:
      These were all the memorables of our visit to Dumbarton Castle, which is a most interesting spot, and connected with a long series of historical events.

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Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin memorābilis.

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memorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural memorables)

  1. memorable
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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin memorābilis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /memoˈɾable/ [me.moˈɾa.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: me‧mo‧ra‧ble

Adjective

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memorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural memorables)

  1. memorable

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