memorial B2 Topic:People & Society US /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/ See IPA manual Freq #5816 Meanings 1 noun A structure or object that helps people remember a person or event. They built a memorial to honour the soldiers who died. 2 adj Created to honour and remember someone or something. A memorial service was held for the late president. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a structure or object that... monument Word family Forms memorials Derived forms memorialisationmemorialisememorialistmemorializememoriallymetamemorial Common collocations memorial park Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial. memoriale la-lat View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # memorial **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/ **Frequency rank:** 5816 ## Meanings 1. A structure or object that helps people remember a person or event. 2. Created to honour and remember someone or something. ## Examples - They built a memorial to honour the soldiers who died. - A memorial service was held for the late president. ## Derived Forms - memorialisation - memorialise - memorialist - memorialize - memorially - metamemorial ## Roots and Affixes - Root: memoriale ## Etymology From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial. ## AI Etymology Memorial comes from Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial. In present-day English its meanings include a structure or object that helps people remember a person or event and created to honour and remember someone or something. Related and derived forms include memorialisation, memorialise, and memorialist. ## Topics - People & Society markdown