memorable

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #11713

Meanings

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adj
Worth remembering because it is special, important, or remarkable.

Our trip to Japan was a truly memorable holiday.

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Synonyms

1 adj · worth remembering because... unforgettable

Opposites

forgettableimmemorableobliviableunmemorable

Etymology

From Middle English memorable, memorrable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). By surface analysis, memory + -able, see memory. Doublet of memorabile (singular of memorabilia).

*(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European memorable Middle English memorābilis Latin

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# memorable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 11713

## Meanings
1. Worth remembering because it is special, important, or remarkable.

## Examples
- Our trip to Japan was a truly memorable holiday.

## Antonyms
- forgettable
- immemorable
- obliviable
- unmemorable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)mer-
- Root: memorable
- Root: memorābilis

## Etymology
From Middle English memorable, memorrable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). By surface analysis, memory + -able, see memory. Doublet of memorabile (singular of memorabilia).

## AI Etymology
Memorable comes from Middle English memorable, memorrable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). By surface analysis, memory + -able, see memory. Doublet of memorabile (singular of memorabilia). In present-day English it covers worth remembering because it is special, important, or remarkable. The historical chain runs through *(s)mer- (Proto-Indo-European), memorable (Middle English), and memorābilis (Latin).

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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