in memoriam

== English == === Etymology === From Latin in memoriam (“into memory”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ɪn məˈmɔɹ.i.əm/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪn məˈmɔː.ɹi.əm/ === Adverb === in memoriam (not comparable) 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) […] ==== Usage notes ==== 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). ==== Translations ==== === Noun === in memoriam (plural in memoriams) An announcement or composition etc. in memory of a deceased person. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /in me.mɔ.ʁjam/ === Adverb === in memoriam in memoriam == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin in memoriam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /in.mɛˈmɔ.rjam/ Rhymes: -ɔrjam Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually] === Adjective === in memoriam (not comparable, no derived adverb) (literary) in memoriam Synonyms: ku pamięci, na pamiątkę === Adverb === in memoriam (not comparable) (literary) in memoriam Synonyms: ku pamięci, na pamiątkę === Further reading === in memoriam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN in memoriam in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin in memoriam. === Pronunciation === === Adverb === in memoriam in memoriam (in memory of) === Noun === in memoriam m in memoriam (announcement or composition in the memory of a dead person) === Related terms === === Further reading === “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, 2015–2026, →ISBN “in memoriam”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “in memoriam”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “in memoriam”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “in memoriam”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌim meˈmoɾjam/ [ˌĩm meˈmo.ɾjãm] Syllabification: in me‧mo‧riam === Adverb === in memoriam in memoriam Synonyms: en memoria de, en recuerdo de === Further reading === “in memoriam”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025