memorization

English

Alternative forms

• memorisation

Etymology

Etymology tree

English memorize

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English memorization

From memorize + -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmem(ə)ɹaɪˌzeɪʃn̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

memorization (countable and uncountable, plural memorizations)

1. The act of committing something to memory or memorizing.

Derived terms

• dememorization
• rememorization

Translations

act of committing something to memory

• Arabic: حِفْظ m (ḥifẓ)
• Catalan: memorització f
• Dutch: onthouden (nl) n
• Finnish: ulkoa opettelu
• French: mémorisation (fr) f
• Hausa: haddā̀ (ha) f
• Italian: memorizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 暗記 (ja) (anki)
• Māori: whakamaumaharatanga
• Polish: zapamiętywanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: memorização (pt) f
• Spanish: memorización f