commemoration

See also: commémoration

English

Etymology

commemorate +‎ -ion, from Old French commemoration (French: commémoration), from Latin commemorationem, verb commemorare.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

commemoration (plural commemorations)

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.
Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.

Translations

act of commemorating

Bulgarian: напомняне (bg) n (napomnjane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 紀念 (zh), 纪念 (zh) (jìniàn)
Dutch: herdenking (nl), gedachtenis (nl) f
Finnish: muistaminen (fi), muistotilaisuus (fi)
French: commémoration (fr)
Galician: conmemoración (gl) f
German: Gedenken (de) n
Irish: cuimhneachán m
Japanese: 記念 (ja) (きねん, kinen)

Kurdish:
Sorani: یاد‎‎ (ku) (yad)
Maori: whakamaharatanga, whakamaumaharatanga
Ngazidja Comorian: usherehi class 11
Portuguese: comemoração (pt) f
Russian: пра́зднование (ru) n (prázdnovanije) (celebration), поминове́ние (ru) n (pominovénije) (memorial)
Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachadh m, cuimhneachan m
Spanish: conmemoración f
Turkish: anma (tr)

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