remembrance
English
/ɹɪ.ˈmɛm.bɹəns/
noun
Definitions
- The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
- The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.
- Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.
- That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.
- The power of remembering; the reach of personal knowledge; the period over which one's memory extends.
- (obsolete) Something to be remembered; an admonition, counsel, instruction.
Etymology
Derived from Old French remembrance derived from Latin rememorārī suffix from English remember.
Origin
English
remember
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disremember English
- misremember English
- misremembrance English
- remember English
- rememberability English
- rememberable English
- rememberer English
- rememberest English
- remembereth English
- remembersome English
- remembrancer English
- reremember English
- unremember English
- unremembrance English
- rememorārī Latin
- rememorar Spanish, Castilian
- リメンバー Japanese
- remembren Middle English
- remembrance Old French
- rememorar Catalan, Valencian
- remembrar Old Occitan
- memre Sranan Tongo