memorable

From Middle English memorable, memorrable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”).^[1] By surface analysis, memory +‎ -able, see memory. Doublet of memorabile (singular of memorabilia).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛm(ə)ɹəbl̩/

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• Hyphenation: mem‧or‧able

memorable (comparative more memorable, superlative most memorable)

1. Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.

   a memorable holiday

   • 1599, John Davies, Nosce Teipsum:

     Men have surviving Fame to gain,
     By Tombs, by Books, by memorable Deeds

   • 1999 December 22, Jacques Steinberg, “Behind Squeaky Elmo, 6 Feet of Baritone”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     But Mr. Hunt hated the character immediately -- Elmo wasn't edgy enough -- and, on one memorable morning, brought him into the Muppeteers' lounge "hanging by the rods," the chopsticklike bars that control his paws.

• See also Thesaurus:memorable

• memorableness
• memorability
• memorably

memorable (plural memorables)

1. Something interesting enough to be remembered.
   • 1870, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, page 237:

     These were all the memorables of our visit to Dumbarton Castle, which is a most interesting spot, and connected with a long series of historical events.

• “memorable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Borrowed from Latin memorābilis.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mə.muˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mə.moˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [me.moˈɾa.ble]

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memorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural memorables)

1. memorable

• memòria

• “memorable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “memorable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “memorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “memorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin memorābilis.

• IPA^(key): /memoˈɾable/ [me.moˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: me‧mo‧ra‧ble

memorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural memorables)

1. memorable

• “memorable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024