Meaning
memorial, memoir
- A monument, structure, or ceremony established to commemorate an event or person.
- A written account of memories or personal observations; a memoir or written petition.
In a sentence
I cittadini hanno deposto dei fiori davanti al memoriale della resistenza.
Citizens laid flowers in front of the resistance memorial.
Nel suo memoriale, l'anziano scrittore racconta gli anni del dopoguerra.
In his memoir, the elderly writer recounts the post-war years.
Hanno eretto un memoriale in onore delle vittime della tragedia.
They erected a memorial in honor of the victims of the tragedy.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| memoriale | masculine · singular |
| memoriali | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- When referring to written memoirs, it is often in the singular in Italian ('un memoriale'), unlike 'memoirs' in English.