in memoriam

From Latin in memoriam (“into memory”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪn məˈmɔɹ.i.əm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪn məˈmɔː.ɹi.əm/

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in memoriam (not comparable)

1. 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) […]

• 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).

in memoriam (plural in memoriams)

1. An announcement or composition etc. in memory of a deceased person.

• IPA^(key): /in me.mɔ.ʁjam/

in memoriam

1. in memoriam

Unadapted borrowing from Latin in memoriam.

• IPA^(key): /in.mɛˈmɔ.rjam/
• Rhymes: -ɔrjam
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

in memoriam (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (literary) in memoriam

   Synonyms: ku pamięci, na pamiątkę

in memoriam (not comparable)

1. (literary) in memoriam

   Synonyms: ku pamięci, na pamiątkę

• in memoriam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• in memoriam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from Latin in memoriam.

in memoriam

1. in memoriam (in memory of)

in memoriam m

1. in memoriam (announcement or composition in the memory of a dead person)

• “A expressão latina ‘in memoriam’” in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese)
• “in memoriam”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “in memoriam”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “in memoriam”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “in memoriam”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “in memoriam”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˌim meˈmoɾjam/ [ˌĩm meˈmo.ɾjãm]
• Syllabification: in me‧mo‧riam

in memoriam

1. in memoriam

   Synonyms: en memoria de, en recuerdo de

• “in memoriam”, 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