English Online Dictionary. What means memorabilia? What does memorabilia mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin memorābilia (“things to be remembered”), use as noun after Ancient Greek ἀπομνημονεύματα (apomnēmoneúmata) of the neuter plural of memorābilis (“memorable”). English use is perhaps after the Latin title Memorabilia of Xenophon’s collection of Socratic dialogues.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/, /ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbiːlɪə/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/, /ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbilɪə/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌmem(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/, /ˌmem(ə)ɹəˈbiːlɪə/
Noun
memorabilia pl (normally plural, singular (rare) memorabile)
- (originally US) Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events. [from 1855]
- Synonyms: mementos, souvenirs, keepsakes
- (now rare) Things worth remembering: noteworthy points. [from 1785]
Translations
References
Latin
Adjective
memorābilia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of memorābilis
References
- “memorabilia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish
Noun
memorabilia f (plural memorabilias)
- memorabilia