Immortalize — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

be or provide a memorial to a person or an event

make famous forever

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪmˈɔːɹɾəlˌaɪz/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪmˈɔːtəlˌaɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪmˈɔːtəlˌaɪz/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪmˈɔːɹɾəlˌaɪz/.

Examples

This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
We memorialized the Dead
This melody immortalized its composer

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

commemorate eternalise immortalise memorialize eternalize record eternise eternize memorialise

Parts of Speech

verb	be or provide a memorial to a person or an event “This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps”
verb	make famous forever “This melody immortalized its composer”

Word Forms

commemorative	adjective	intended as a commemoration
commemoration	noun	a recognition of meritorious service
memorial	noun	a recognition of meritorious service
record	noun	anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verewigen

einer Person oder einem Ereignis ein Denkmal sein oder geben

🇫🇷French

immortaliser

être ou fournir un monument commémoratif à une personne ou à un événement

🇪🇸Spanish

inmortalizar

ser o proporcionar un monumento a una persona o un evento

🇮🇹Italian

immortalare

essere o fornire un memoriale a una persona o a un evento

🇳🇱Dutch

vereeuwigen

een gedenkteken zijn of bieden aan een persoon of gebeurtenis

🇵🇹Portuguese

imortalizar

ser ou fornecer um memorial a uma pessoa ou evento

🇷🇺Russian

увековечить

быть или предоставлять памятник человеку или событию

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अमर बनाना

किसी व्यक्ति या घटना का स्मारक बनना या प्रदान करना

🇧🇩Bengali

অমর করা

হতে বা একটি ব্যক্তি বা একটি ঘটনা একটি স্মারক প্রদান

🇮🇳Tamil

அழியாததாக்கு

ஒரு நபர் அல்லது நிகழ்வுக்கு ஒரு நினைவுச்சின்னமாக இருத்தல் அல்லது வழங்குதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

చిరంజీవులు

ఒక వ్యక్తి లేదా ఈవెంట్‌కు స్మారక చిహ్నంగా ఉండండి లేదా అందించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

अमर करणे

एखाद्या व्यक्तीला किंवा कार्यक्रमाचे स्मारक व्हा किंवा प्रदान करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

અમર બનાવવું

વ્યક્તિ અથવા ઘટનાને સ્મારક બનાવો અથવા પ્રદાન કરો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಮರಗೊಳಿಸು

ಒಬ್ಬ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಈವೆಂಟ್‌ಗೆ ಸ್ಮಾರಕವಾಗಿರಿ ಅಥವಾ ಒದಗಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അനശ്വരമാക്കുക

ഒരു വ്യക്തിക്കോ സംഭവത്തിനോ ഒരു സ്മാരകം നൽകുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ നൽകുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਮਰ ਕਰਨਾ

ਬਣੋ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਘਟਨਾ ਨੂੰ ਯਾਦਗਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਦਾਨ ਕਰੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

امر کرنا

کسی شخص یا واقعہ کو یادگار بنائیں یا فراہم کریں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

永垂不朽

是或为某人或某事件提供纪念

🇯🇵Japanese

不滅にする

人や出来事の記念碑である、または記念物を提供する

🇰🇷Korean

불멸의

사람이나 사건에 대한 기념물이 되거나 제공됩니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

làm bất tử

là hoặc cung cấp một đài tưởng niệm cho một người hoặc một sự kiện

🇹🇭Thai

ทำให้เป็นอมตะ

เป็นหรือจัดให้มีอนุสรณ์แก่บุคคลหรือเหตุการณ์

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengabadikan

menjadi atau memberikan peringatan kepada seseorang atau suatu peristiwa

🇵🇭Filipino

imortalize

maging o magbigay ng isang alaala sa isang tao o isang kaganapan

🇲🇾Malay

abadikan

menjadi atau memberikan peringatan kepada seseorang atau peristiwa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خلد

يكون أو تقديم نصب تذكاري لشخص أو حدث

🇮🇷Persian

جاودانه کردن

باشد یا یک یادبود برای یک شخص یا یک رویداد فراهم کند

🇹🇷Turkish

ölümsüzleştirmek

Bir kişiye veya bir olaya anıt olmak veya anıt sağlamak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהַנצִיחַ

להיות או לספק אזכרה לאדם או לאירוע

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The primary meaning of 'immortalize' is 'be or provide a memorial to a person or an event'.

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