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memento en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mementō (“remember”), imperative form of meminī (“to remember”).

Meanings

  1. A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
    • I kept the shell as a memento of my visit to the seashore.
    • In conclusion, I would remark that the great railway stations of London deserve to be visited every whit as much as St. Paul's Cathedral, the Abbey, or the Tower, and they are as worthy a memento of this century as those buildings are of the days that are gone. 1944 July and August, “London Railway Stations in 1893”, in Railway Magazine, page 201, taken from The English Illustrated Magazine of June 1893:
    • Many hospitals have not taken simple steps to lessen the distress and confusion which dementia sufferers' often feel on being somewhere so unfamiliar – such as making signs large and easy to read, using colour schemes to help patients find their way around unfamiliar wards and not putting family mementoes such as photographs nearby. 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian:

Forms

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Deriveds

memento dollar

Descendants

memento · メメント · मेमेटो

Relateds

memento mori

Synonyms

souvenir · memorabilia · keepsake

Translations (49)

fi muisto (a keepsake) · it memento (a keepsake) · ko 기념물 (a keepsake) · be сувэні́р (a keepsake) · fa یادبود (a keepsake) · hu mementó (a keepsake) · ja 記念物 (a keepsake) · tr yadigâr (a keepsake) · mi manatunga (a keepsake) · hu emlékeztető (a keepsake) · de Erinnerung (a keepsake) · uk сувені́р (a keepsake) · txb epyacäññe (a keepsake) · pdt Aunjedenkj (a keepsake) · tr andaç (a keepsake) · bg спо́мен (a keepsake) · gmw-cfr Aadenke (a keepsake) · ga cuimhneachán (a keepsake) · no minne (a keepsake) · de Mahnzeichen (a keepsake) · id kenang-kenangan (a keepsake) · ja メメント (a keepsake) · pdt Denkjmol (a keepsake) · uk па́м'ятка (a keepsake) · pt recordação (a keepsake) · gd cuimhneachan (a keepsake) · cmn 紀念品 /纪念品 (a keepsake) · sh у̏спомена (a keepsake) · sh мементо (a keepsake) · sh memento m ȕspomena (a keepsake) · is minjagripur (a keepsake) · fi muistoesine (a keepsake) · pt lembrança (a keepsake) · el ενθύμιο (a keepsake) · eo memoraĵo (a keepsake) · ru сувени́р (a keepsake) · tr anı (a keepsake) · ko 기념품 (a keepsake) · is minningargripur (a keepsake) · es recuerdo (a keepsake) · bg сувени́р (a keepsake) · fa یادگاری (a keepsake) · be сувені́р (a keepsake) · de Andenken (a keepsake) · ja 記念品 (a keepsake) · pt lembrancinha (a keepsake) · tr hatıra (a keepsake) · fr souvenir (a keepsake) · it ricordo (a keepsake)