memorial

monument commémoratif, mémorial

Objet ou construction destiné à rappeler une personne décédée ou un événement important.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : a memorial to someone/something (They built a memorial to the flood victims.)

Synonymes : monument

Expressions courantes : war memorial, memorial to someone, visit a memorial

cérémonie commémorative

Cérémonie organisée en souvenir d’une personne décédée.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : a memorial for someone (A memorial for her father will be held on Friday.)

Synonymes : memorial service

Expressions courantes : attend a memorial, hold a memorial, memorial for someone

commémoratif

Créé ou organisé pour rappeler une personne décédée ou un événement important.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : commemorative

Expressions courantes : memorial service, memorial plaque, memorial garden

gardé en mémoire

Qui existe dans les souvenirs d’une personne plutôt que sous une forme matérielle.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : remembered

Expressions courantes : memorial possession, memorial image