memoria
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin memoria, from memor (“mindful, remembering”). Doublet of memoir and memory.
=== Pronunciation ===
(General American) enPR: mə-môrʹē-ə, IPA(key): /məˈmɔɹi.ə/
Rhymes: -ɔːɹiə
Hyphenation: me‧mo‧ri‧a
=== Noun ===
memoria (uncountable)
One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the discipline of memory and recall.
==== Related terms ====
==== See also ====
dispositio
elocutio
inventio
pronuntiatio
== Aragonese ==
=== Etymology ===
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=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /meˈmoɾja/
Syllabification: me‧mo‧ria
Rhymes: -oɾja
=== Noun ===
memoria f (plural memorias)
memory
=== References ===
Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “memoria”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
== Asturian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /meˈmoɾja/ [meˈmo.ɾja]
Rhymes: -oɾja
Syllabification: me‧mo‧ria
=== Noun ===
memoria f (plural memories)
memory (ability to recall)
memory (stored record)
== Chavacano ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Spanish memoria.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /meˈmoɾja/, [meˈmo.ɾja] (noun)
IPA(key): /memoˈɾja/, [me.moˈɾja] (verb)
Hyphenation: me‧mo‧ria
=== Noun ===
memoria
memory
=== Verb ===
memoriá
to memorize
== Galician ==
=== Alternative forms ===
memória (reintegrationist)
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese memoria, from Latin memoria (“memory”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”) + -ia. Cognate with Portuguese memória.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /meˈmɔɾja/ [mẽˈmɔ.ɾjɐ]
Rhymes: -ɔɾja
Hyphenation: me‧mor‧ia
=== Noun ===
memoria f (plural memorias)
(uncountable) memory (the ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will.)
de memoria ― from memory
memoria comprensiva ― comprehensive memory
memoria fotográfica ― photograpic memory
a memory (a record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.)
Synonym: de cor
(computing) a memory (the part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).)
Synonym: caché
memoria auxiliar ― auxiliary memory
memoria central ― central memory
memoria de acceso secuencial ― sequential access memory
memoria principal ― main memory
posición de memoria ― memory position
memoria USB ― USB memorystick
memoria tobo ― memory cache
a writing to inform someone about a matter of importance
Synonym: informe
(chiefly in the plural) a list of acts, works or economic results carried out by a company or corporation, included in a document, which is made available to partners or interested parties
(chiefly in the plural) a list of expenses incurred in a business in an economic period
Synonyms: tese de licenciatura, tese
memoria de licenciatura ― degree report
(chiefly in the plural) a memoir (an autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author or a biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.)
Synonym: biografía
=== References ===
“memoria” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
“memoria”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Interlingua ==
=== Noun ===
memoria (plural memorias)
memory
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin memoria.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /meˈmɔ.rja/
Rhymes: -ɔrja
Hyphenation: me‧mò‧ria
=== Noun ===
memoria f (plural memorie)
(uncountable) memory, recall (the ability of the brain to record information)
Antonym: oblio
sapere a memoria ― to know by memory; to know by heart
(countable) memory, recollection, remembrance (a record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use)
Synonym: ricordo
(computing, electronics) memory (the part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data)
note
prendere memoria di ― to take note of
(in the plural) memoir, autobiography
monograph
Synonym: monografia
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
memoria in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
=== Anagrams ===
remiamo
== Ladino ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Spanish memoria (“memory”), from Latin memoria.
=== Noun ===
memoria f (Hebrew spelling מימורייה)
memory (the ability of the brain to record information; the ability to remember)
=== References ===
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛˈmɔ.ri.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [meˈmɔː.ri.a]
=== Etymology 1 ===
From memor (“mindful, remembering”) + -ia.
==== Noun ====
memoria f (genitive memoriae); first declension
memory; the ability to remember
a remembrance, a thing remembered
(by extension) a time of remembrance
===== Declension =====
First-declension noun.
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
===== Descendants =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Adjective ====
memoria
nominative/accusative neuter plural of memor
=== References ===
“memoria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“memoria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"memoria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“memoria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
memoria in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
== Old Galician-Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
memorea
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin memoria.
=== Noun ===
memoria f
memory
==== Descendants ====
Fala: memoria
Galician: memoria, memória
Portuguese: memória
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “memoria”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
== Old Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin memoria.
=== Noun ===
memoria f (plural memorias)
memory
==== Descendants ====
Ladino: memoria, מימורייה
Spanish: memoria
=== References ===
Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “memoria”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 334
== Portuguese ==
=== Noun ===
memoria f (plural memorias)
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of memória
== Romanian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [meˈmo.ri.a]
=== Noun ===
memoria f
definite nominative/accusative singular of memorie
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Spanish memoria (“memory”), from Latin memoria.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /meˈmoɾja/ [meˈmo.ɾja]
Rhymes: -oɾja
Syllabification: me‧mo‧ria
=== Noun ===
memoria f (plural memorias)
(uncountable unless referring to that of multiple people) memory (the ability of the brain to record information)
(countable) memory (a specific thing that is remembered)
Synonym: recuerdo
report, document
Synonyms: informe, documento
(computing) memory (the part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== See also ====
=== Further reading ===
“memoria”, 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