different between memorial vs gravestone

English

Etymology

From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??m???i.?l/
• (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /m??mo??i.?l/
• Rhymes: -?????l

Noun

memorial (plural memorials)

1. (obsolete) Memory; recollection. [14th–18th c.]
2. Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered. [from 14th c.]
3. A chronicle or memoir. [from 14th c.]
4. (now rare) A note or memorandum. [from 14th c.]
5. (chiefly Christianity) A service of remembrance or commemoration. [from 15th c.]
6. (law) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc. [from 17th c.]

Derived terms

• memorialize

Translations

Adjective

memorial (comparative more memorial, superlative most memorial)

1. Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
2. Contained in the memory.

3. (now rare) Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

Translations

Crimean Tatar

Noun

memorial

1. memorial.

Declension

Adjective

memorial

1. memorial.

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin memori?lis.

Noun

memorial m (plural memoriales)

1. memorial

Related terms

• memoria

Further reading

• “memorial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English gravestone, graveston, gravestan, equivalent to grave +? stone.

Noun

gravestone (plural gravestones)

1. A stone slab set at the head of a grave.

   Synonyms: headstone, tombstone

   • 2005, William J. Roulston, Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors: The Essential Genealogical Guide to Early Modern Ulster, 1600-1800, Ulster Historical Foundation (?ISBN), page 41:

     The value of gravestone inscriptions for ancestral research has long been recognised. The discovery of a single gravestone may provide more information on the history of a family than could be gleaned from […]

See also

• through-stone

Translations

Further reading

• gravestone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• governates

Middle English

Alternative forms

• grave stone, graveston, gravestan, grave stane

Etymology

From grave +? stone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ra?v?st??n/

Noun

gravestone (plural gravestones)

1. gravestone
2. stone grave

Descendants

• English: gravestone

References

• “gr?ve-st?n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.