noun · rare

memorabilia

memorabilia · memorabilias

Erinnerungsstücke, Memorabilien

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

/ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/

Meaning

2 senses

(plural, usually plural)Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events.
George has a collection of World War II memorabilia.
Memorabilien, Erinnerungsstücke
(archaic, plural, usually plural)Things worth remembering: noteworthy points.
a record of things worth remembering

Translations

2 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

objects that are connected to past events:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin memorābilia (“things to be remembered”); its use as noun is after Anci

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.

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