memorial

monumento commemorativo, memoriale

Oggetto o costruzione realizzato per ricordare una persona morta o un evento importante.

In inglese semplice: An object or structure built to help people remember someone who died or an important event.

• We left flowers at the memorial.
• The town built a memorial to the soldiers who died.
• Their names appear on several war memorials.

Come si usa: a memorial to someone/something (They built a memorial to the flood victims.)

Sinonimi: monument

Espressioni comuni: war memorial, memorial to someone, visit a memorial

cerimonia commemorativa

Cerimonia tenuta per ricordare una persona morta.

In inglese semplice: A ceremony held to remember someone who has died.

• We attended a memorial for our teacher.
• Her friends organized a small memorial at the school.
• Two memorials were held for the victims.

Come si usa: a memorial for someone (A memorial for her father will be held on Friday.)

Sinonimi: memorial service

Espressioni comuni: attend a memorial, hold a memorial, memorial for someone

commemorativo

Creato o organizzato per ricordare una persona morta o un evento importante.

In inglese semplice: Created or held to remember someone who died or an important event.

• They held a memorial service on Sunday.
• A memorial plaque marks the place where she lived.
• The family opened a memorial garden beside the hospital.

Sinonimi: commemorative

Espressioni comuni: memorial service, memorial plaque, memorial garden

conservato nella memoria

Che esiste nei ricordi di una persona, anziché come oggetto concreto.

In inglese semplice: Existing in a person’s memory rather than as a physical thing.

• The lost house remained a memorial possession.
• He described the memorial images of his childhood.
• These memorial impressions survived long after the journey.

Sinonimi: remembered

Espressioni comuni: memorial possession, memorial image