memorabilia

CEFRB2

/ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Objects kept because they remind someone of a person or event.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Things worth remembering: noteworthy points.

Examples

  • I put that in the category about memorabilia.

  • He's a collector of sports memorabilia.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˌmem(ə)ɹəˈbiːlɪə/
  • /ˌmem(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events.

More examples

In context

  • George has a collection of World War II memorabilia.

  • Have you seen the memorabilia / The rusty old memorabilia / The souvenirs of perfect doom / In the back of Louis Dakine's backroom

  • I can't remember / Give me a reminder / I collect, I reject / Memorabilia / Memorabilia

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

At the museum, visitors can see historical blank like old photographs and medals.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin memorābilia (“things to be remembered”); its use as noun is after Ancient Greek ἀπομνημονεύματα (apomnēmoneúmata) of the neuter plural of memorābilis (“memorable”). Its English use is perhaps after the Latin title Memorabilia of Xenophon’s collection of Socratic dialogues.