Remembrance Day

Re·mem·brance Day  (r-mmbrns)

n.

The Sunday closest to November 11, observed in Canada and Great Britain in commemoration of those killed in the World Wars.

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Remembrance Day

Noun

1. (in Britain) Remembrance Sunday

2. (in Canada and Australia) a statutory holiday observed on November 11 in memory of the dead of both World Wars

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Remembrance Day - the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated Poppy Day, Remembrance Sunday Canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom holiday - a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"

Translations

Remembrance Day [rɪˈmɛmbrəns-] remember n (Brit) → (le jour de) l'Armistice m, le 11 novembre

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day ou Remembrance Sunday est le dimanche le plus proche du 11 novembre, jour où la Première Guerre mondiale a officiellement pris fin. Il rend hommage aux victimes des deux guerres mondiales. À cette occasion, on observe deux minutes de silence à 11h, heure de la signature de l'armistice avec l'Allemagne en 1918; certaines membres de la famille royale et du gouvernement déposent des gerbes de coquelicots au cénotaphe de Whitehall, et des couronnes sont placées sur les monuments aux morts dans toute la Grande-Bretagne; par ailleurs, les gens portent des coquelicots artificiels fabriqués et vendus par des membres de la légion britannique blessés au combat, au profit des blessés de guerre et de leur famille.