in memoriam
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪn məˈmɔɹ.i.əm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪn məˈmɔː.ɹi.əm/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Adverb
in memoriam (not comparable)
- In memory (of); as a memorial.
- 2004, John P. Frayne and Madeleine Marchaterre, “Notes” to The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume IX: Early Articles and Reviews, Scribner, →ISBN, page 553:
- An Enchanted Castle, and Other Poems, 1893, p. 72, prefaces the poem with this line, which suggests that the poem was written “in memoriam”: “[C. L. P., OB. JULY 18, 1884.]”.
- 2009, Zuzana Parusniková, review of David Miller’s Out of Error, in Zuzana Parusniková and Robert S. Cohen (editors), Rethinking Popper, Springer, →ISBN, page 417:
- The book can be divided into three main parts: chapters 1, 14 were written in memoriam; in the second part (chapters 2–7) Miller carries out a philosophical investigation of critical rationalism; the third part (chapters 8–13) […]
- 2004, John P. Frayne and Madeleine Marchaterre, “Notes” to The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume IX: Early Articles and Reviews, Scribner, →ISBN, page 553:
Usage notes
- Sometimes followed by a reference to the one being remembered: then, either a preposition is used (typically of) or in memoriam is followed directly by the reference (as in in memoriam: Christa McAuliffe or in memoriam Christa McAuliffe).
Translations
in memory of
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Noun
in memoriam (plural in memoriams)
- An announcement or composition etc. in memory of a deceased person.
Pronunciation
Adverb
in memoriam
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
in memoriam (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- (literary) in memoriam
- Synonyms: ku pamięci, na pamiątkę
Adverb
in memoriam (not comparable)
- (literary) in memoriam
- Synonyms: ku pamięci, na pamiątkę
Further reading
- in memoriam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- in memoriam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Adverb
Further reading
- “in memoriam”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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