"in memoriam" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ɪn məˈmɔɹ.i.əm/ [US], /ɪn məˈmɔː.ɹi.əm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-in memoriam.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From Latin in memoriam (“into memory”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|in}} Latin in, {{m|la|memoriam||into memory}} memoriam (“into memory”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-|nolinkhead=1}} in memoriam (not comparable)
  1. In memory (of); as a memorial. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in memory of): ի հիշատակ (i hišatak) (Armenian), na památku [feminine] (Czech), ter gedachtenis (Dutch), in memoriam (Dutch), muistolle (Finnish), muistoa kunnioittaen (Finnish), en souvenir de (French), in memoriam (French), im Andenken (english: an) (German), im Gedenken (english: an) (German), in memoriam or in Memoriam [with-genitive] (German), εις μνήμην (eis mnímin) (Greek), in memoriam [with-genitive] (Latin), on ġemynd (Old English), ku pamięci (Polish), in memoriam (Polish), em memória (Portuguese), в па́мять (v pámjatʹ) (Russian), en memoria de (Spanish), en recuerdo de (Spanish), in memoriam (Swedish), till minne av (Swedish), జ్ఞాపకార్థం (jñāpakārthaṁ) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-in_memoriam-en-adv-2Kouf9Zl

Noun

IPA: /ɪn məˈmɔɹ.i.əm/ [US], /ɪn məˈmɔː.ɹi.əm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-in memoriam.ogg [Australia] Forms: in memoriams [plural]
Etymology: From Latin in memoriam (“into memory”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|in}} Latin in, {{m|la|memoriam||into memory}} memoriam (“into memory”) Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} in memoriam (plural in memoriams)
  1. An announcement or composition etc. in memory of a deceased person. Categories (topical): Death, Funeral
    Sense id: en-in_memoriam-en-noun-a7eNCUMw Disambiguation of Death: 1 99 Disambiguation of Funeral: 10 90 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 89 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 95

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ɪn məˈmɔː.ɹi.əm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-in memoriam.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/En-au-in_memoriam.ogg/En-au-in_memoriam.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/En-au-in_memoriam.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in memoriam"
}

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