Meanings
plural commemorations
- countableuncountableThe act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.
in commemoration of
4 more examples
commemoration ceremony
annual commemoration
A statue was built in commemoration of the event.
The service was held in commemoration of fallen soldiers.
- countableuncountableThat which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
- countableuncountablelifestyleThe specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead.
- UKcountableuncountableThe great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincommemorātiō
- Old Frenchcommemoration
- Middle Englishcommemoracioun
- Englishcommemoration
First attested in 1384, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English commemoracioun, from Old French commemoration (French commémoration), from Latin commemorātiō. By surface analysis, commemorate + -ion
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian напомняне
- напомняне (napomnjane)act of commemorating
Catalan commemoració
- commemoracióact of commemorating
Chinese Mandarin 紀念 /纪念
- 紀念 /纪念 (jìniàn)act of commemorating
Dutch herdenking, gedachtenis
- herdenkingact of commemorating
- gedachtenisact of commemorating
Finnish muistaminen, muistotilaisuus
- muistaminenact of commemorating
- muistotilaisuusact of commemorating
French commémoration
- commémorationact of commemorating
German Gedenken, Gedenkveranstaltung
- Gedenkenact of commemorating
- Gedenkveranstaltungact of commemorating
Irish cuimhneachán
- cuimhneachánact of commemorating
Italian commemorazione, ricordo
- commemorazioneact of commemorating
- ricordoact of commemorating
- memoriaact of commemorating
- rievocazioneact of commemorating
Japanese 記念
- 記念 (kinen)act of commemorating
Latin commemorātiō
- commemorātiōact of commemorating
Māori whakamaharatanga, whakamaumaharatanga
- whakamaharatangaact of commemorating
- whakamaumaharatangaact of commemorating
Polish upamiętnienie
- upamiętnienieact of commemorating
Portuguese comemoração
- comemoraçãoact of commemorating
Russian пра́зднование, поминове́ние
- пра́зднование (prázdnovanije)act of commemorating
- поминове́ние (pominovénije)act of commemorating
Scottish Gaelic cuimhneachadh, cuimhneachan
- cuimhneachadhact of commemorating
- cuimhneachanact of commemorating
Spanish conmemoración
- conmemoraciónact of commemorating
Turkish anma
- anmaact of commemorating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with commemoration
Cite this entry
commemoration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commemoration
“commemoration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commemoration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commemoration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commemoration.
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