"commemorative" meaning in English

See commemorative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav
Etymology: From commemorate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{af|en|commemorate|-ive}} commemorate + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} commemorative (not comparable)
  1. Serving to commemorate something. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: commemoratively, commemorativeness, noncommemorative Translations (serving to commemorate): conmemorativu (Asturian), commemoratiu (Catalan), commémoratif (French), commemorativo (Italian), okolicznościowy (Polish), pamiątkowy (Polish), conmemorativo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-commemorative-en-adj-TbGG8D9o Categories (other): English terms with collocations

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav Forms: commemoratives [plural]
Etymology: From commemorate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{af|en|commemorate|-ive}} commemorate + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} commemorative (plural commemoratives)
  1. An object made to commemorate a person, mark an event, etc.
    Sense id: en-commemorative-en-noun-mFde0teB
  2. (philately) A postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues. Categories (topical): Philately Translations (commemorative postage stamp): 紀念 (Chinese Mandarin), 纪念 (Jìniàn) (Chinese Mandarin), særfrimærke [neuter] (Danish), commémoratif (French), 기념 (ginyeom) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-commemorative-en-noun-22eJ0Rrl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 9 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 25 14 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 10 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 8 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 5 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 18 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 6 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 4 82 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 8 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 16 6 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 6 78 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately Disambiguation of 'commemorative postage stamp': 1 99

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "commemorate",
        "3": "-ive"
      },
      "expansion": "commemorate + -ive",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From commemorate + -ive.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "commemorative (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "commemoratively"
        },
        {
          "word": "commemorativeness"
        },
        {
          "word": "noncommemorative"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a commemorative plaque",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962 October, “New Reading on Railways: The Flying Scotsman 1862-1962. By C. Hamilton Ellis. Allen & Unwin. 6s.”, in Modern Railways, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "The centenary of Britain's most famous train has called for a commemorative and descriptive work and in this 40-page illustrated booklet the author has tried—with some success, to pour a quart into a pint pot.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1979 December 8, “Services Honor Milk, Moscone”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 1:",
          "text": "The plaza in front of San Francisco's City Hall was the scene Nov. 27 of two separate ceremonies commemorative of the assassinations one year ago of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Serving to commemorate something."
      ],
      "id": "en-commemorative-en-adj-TbGG8D9o",
      "links": [
        [
          "commemorate",
          "commemorate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "serving to commemorate",
          "word": "conmemorativu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "serving to commemorate",
          "word": "commemoratiu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "serving to commemorate",
          "word": "commémoratif"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "serving to commemorate",
          "word": "commemorativo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "serving to commemorate",
          "word": "okolicznościowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "serving to commemorate",
          "word": "pamiątkowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "serving to commemorate",
          "word": "conmemorativo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "commemorative"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "commemorate",
        "3": "-ive"
      },
      "expansion": "commemorate + -ive",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From commemorate + -ive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "commemoratives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "commemorative (plural commemoratives)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An object made to commemorate a person, mark an event, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-commemorative-en-noun-mFde0teB"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Philately",
          "orig": "en:Philately",
          "parents": [
            "Hobbies",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 9 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 14 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ive",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 10 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 8 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 7 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Asturian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 6 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 4 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 8 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 7 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 6 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 7 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 7 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 7 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 6 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956 December, “Classified Advertisements: Stamp collecting”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 106, number 6, page 57:",
          "text": "beautiful Pictorials, topicals, commemoratives, airmails. Introductory selection 40% discount. Ralph Rice, 15 Longlane, West Hartford 7, Conn.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues."
      ],
      "id": "en-commemorative-en-noun-22eJ0Rrl",
      "links": [
        [
          "philately",
          "philately"
        ],
        [
          "postage stamp",
          "postage stamp"
        ],
        [
          "commemorate",
          "commemorate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philately) A postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "philately"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "commemorative postage stamp",
          "word": "紀念"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Jìniàn",
          "sense": "commemorative postage stamp",
          "word": "纪念"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "commemorative postage stamp",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "særfrimærke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "commemorative postage stamp",
          "word": "commémoratif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ginyeom",
          "sense": "commemorative postage stamp",
          "word": "기념"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "commemorative stamp"
  ],
  "word": "commemorative"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ive",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Asturian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "commemoratively"
    },
    {
      "word": "commemorativeness"
    },
    {
      "word": "noncommemorative"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "commemorate",
        "3": "-ive"
      },
      "expansion": "commemorate + -ive",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From commemorate + -ive.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "commemorative (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a commemorative plaque",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962 October, “New Reading on Railways: The Flying Scotsman 1862-1962. By C. Hamilton Ellis. Allen & Unwin. 6s.”, in Modern Railways, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "The centenary of Britain's most famous train has called for a commemorative and descriptive work and in this 40-page illustrated booklet the author has tried—with some success, to pour a quart into a pint pot.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1979 December 8, “Services Honor Milk, Moscone”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 1:",
          "text": "The plaza in front of San Francisco's City Hall was the scene Nov. 27 of two separate ceremonies commemorative of the assassinations one year ago of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Serving to commemorate something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commemorate",
          "commemorate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "serving to commemorate",
      "word": "conmemorativu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "serving to commemorate",
      "word": "commemoratiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "serving to commemorate",
      "word": "commémoratif"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "serving to commemorate",
      "word": "commemorativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "serving to commemorate",
      "word": "okolicznościowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "serving to commemorate",
      "word": "pamiątkowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "serving to commemorate",
      "word": "conmemorativo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "commemorative"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ive",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Asturian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "commemorate",
        "3": "-ive"
      },
      "expansion": "commemorate + -ive",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From commemorate + -ive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "commemoratives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "commemorative (plural commemoratives)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An object made to commemorate a person, mark an event, etc."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Philately"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956 December, “Classified Advertisements: Stamp collecting”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 106, number 6, page 57:",
          "text": "beautiful Pictorials, topicals, commemoratives, airmails. Introductory selection 40% discount. Ralph Rice, 15 Longlane, West Hartford 7, Conn.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philately",
          "philately"
        ],
        [
          "postage stamp",
          "postage stamp"
        ],
        [
          "commemorate",
          "commemorate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philately) A postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "philately"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commemorative.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-commemorative.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "commemorative postage stamp",
      "word": "紀念"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Jìniàn",
      "sense": "commemorative postage stamp",
      "word": "纪念"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "commemorative postage stamp",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "særfrimærke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "commemorative postage stamp",
      "word": "commémoratif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ginyeom",
      "sense": "commemorative postage stamp",
      "word": "기념"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "commemorative stamp"
  ],
  "word": "commemorative"
}

Download raw JSONL data for commemorative meaning in English (7.0kB)

{
  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: wikipedia {1: 'commemorative stamp'}",
  "path": [
    "commemorative",
    "wikipedia"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "commemorative",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.