memorialとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/
  • (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /məˈmoʊɹi.əl/
  • 韻: -ɔːɹɪəl

名詞

Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial

memorial (複数形 memorials)

1. (obsolete) Memory; recollection. [14th–18th c.]
2. Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered. [from 14th c.]
3. A chronicle or memoir. [from 14th c.]
4. (now まれに) A note or memorandum. [from 14th c.]
5. (chiefly Christianity) A service of remembrance or commemoration. [from 15th c.]
6. (law) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc. [from 17th c.]
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 178:

     Captain Surman […] immediately addressed a memorial to the governor, stating that an act of Providence had sent him into port for the preservation of the lives of those on board; he therefore trusted he should be allowed to refit and depart.

形容詞

memorial (comparative more memorial, superlative most memorial)

1. Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.

   a memorial building

   • 1725, Homer; [Alexander Pope], transl., “Book XI”, in The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646:

     There high in air, memorial of my name, / Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.

2. Contained in the memory.

   a memorial possession

3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
   • (Can we date this quote by Skeat かつ provide title, author’s full name, かつ other details?)

     This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.