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souvenir en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsuː.vəˈnɪə/ (UK)
  • /ˌsu.vəˈnɪɹ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌsoʊ.vəˈnɪ.ə/ (Hong-Kong)
  • /ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/ (US)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir (literally “memory”). Compare memento.

Meanings

  1. An item of sentimental value, that is given or kept to remember an event or location.
    • Back then, nobody knew in the schoolyard / Now then, you have grown up to be this hard / Go then, walk through this world with your heart scarred / You're the souvenir of sadness 2005, “Souvenir”, performed by Korn:
    • The tourists stuck to the safe confines of the gift shop, where they bought souvenir combs, shot glasses, oversize pencils, and blocks of cedar painted with rhyming poems and shellacked to a high gloss. 2005, Steven Church, Guinness Book of Me, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 138:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
souvenier alternative, obsolete lexicographic
souvenirs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

souvenir plot · one more time for the sweet souvenir · souvenir sheet

Descendants

souven

Synonyms

keepsake · memorabilia · memento

Translations (120)

io memorigilo (item of sentimental value) · uz esdalik (item of sentimental value) · kmr xatire (item of sentimental value) · lv suvenīrs (item of sentimental value) · ne स्मारिका (item of sentimental value) · bn স্মারকগ্রন্থ (item of sentimental value) · fa-ira یَادِگَار (item of sentimental value) · izh tookki (item of sentimental value) · de Souvenir (item of sentimental value) · eo memoraĵo (item of sentimental value) · sk suvenír (item of sentimental value) · nb suvenir (item of sentimental value) · sa स्मारिका (item of sentimental value) · tr hediyelik eşya (item of sentimental value) · pt souvenir (item of sentimental value) · fa-ira یَادِگَاری (item of sentimental value) · az suvenir (item of sentimental value) · lt suvenyras (item of sentimental value) · sl spominek (item of sentimental value) · de Erinnerungsstück (item of sentimental value) · ur یَادْگَار (item of sentimental value) · cs suvenýr (item of sentimental value) · tl daol (item of sentimental value) · cmn 紀念品 /纪念品 (item of sentimental value) · ja 記念品 (item of sentimental value) · nrf souv'nîn (item of sentimental value) · fa-ira سُوغَات (item of sentimental value) · ug خاتىرە بويۇم (item of sentimental value) · yue souven (item of sentimental value) · gd cuimhneachan (item of sentimental value) · be сувені́р (item of sentimental value) · tg савғот (item of sentimental value) · uz suvenir (item of sentimental value) · ga cuimhneachán (item of sentimental value) · be сувэні́р (item of sentimental value) · ur سَوغَات (item of sentimental value) · el ενθύμιο (item of sentimental value) · hi स्मारिका (item of sentimental value) · ja 土産 (item of sentimental value) · ja 記念物 (item of sentimental value) · pl pamiątka (item of sentimental value) · sh у̏спомена (item of sentimental value) · hi सौग़ात (item of sentimental value) · sq suvenir (item of sentimental value) · izh toomuin (item of sentimental value) · fr souvenir (item of sentimental value) · tk ýadygärlik (item of sentimental value) · yue 紀念品 /纪念品 (item of sentimental value) · ru сувени́р (item of sentimental value) · ka სახსოვარი (item of sentimental value) · or ସ୍ମାରିକା (item of sentimental value) · txb epyacäññe (item of sentimental value) · fa-ira یَادْگَاری (item of sentimental value) · ps يادګار (item of sentimental value) · kk кәдесый (item of sentimental value) · id cendera mata (item of sentimental value) · hy հուշանվեր (item of sentimental value) · pt suvenir (item of sentimental value) · he מַזכֶּרֶת (item of sentimental value) · ky сувенир (item of sentimental value) · yi אָנדענק (item of sentimental value) · mn бэлэг дурсгал (item of sentimental value) · az yadigar (item of sentimental value) · is minjagripur (item of sentimental value) · fi muistoesine (item of sentimental value) · mr स्मारिका (item of sentimental value) · mi manatunga (item of sentimental value) · fa-ira یَادْگَار (item of sentimental value) · is minningargripur (item of sentimental value) · pdt Aunjedenkj (item of sentimental value) · ko 기념품 (item of sentimental value) · es recuerdo (item of sentimental value) · nl aandenken (item of sentimental value) · la mnēmosȳnum (item of sentimental value) · ro suvenir (item of sentimental value) · ko 선물 (item of sentimental value) · tg савғотӣ (item of sentimental value) · tg ёдгор (item of sentimental value) · ar تَذْكار (item of sentimental value) · tr hatıra (item of sentimental value) · nl souvenir (item of sentimental value) · ko 기념물 (item of sentimental value) · de Andenken (item of sentimental value) · it ricordo (item of sentimental value) · sh suvènīr m ȕspomena (item of sentimental value) · km អនុស្សាវរីយ (item of sentimental value) · nan-hbl 紀念品 /纪念品 (item of sentimental value) · io memorigivo (item of sentimental value) · id oleh-oleh (item of sentimental value) · fa-ira رَهْآوَرْد (item of sentimental value) · bg сувени́р (item of sentimental value) · uk сувені́р (item of sentimental value) · sh сувѐнӣр (item of sentimental value) · fo minnislutur (item of sentimental value) · es souvenir (item of sentimental value) · vi đồ lưu niệm (item of sentimental value) · lo ທີ່ລະລຶກ (item of sentimental value) · io suveniro (item of sentimental value) · fi matkamuisto (item of sentimental value) · sv souvenir (item of sentimental value) · tg тӯҳфа (item of sentimental value) · ca record (item of sentimental value) · mk сувени́р (item of sentimental value) · tk suwenir (item of sentimental value) · es suvenir (item of sentimental value) · et suveniir (item of sentimental value) · nn suvenir (item of sentimental value) · de Reisemitbringsel (item of sentimental value) · et meene (item of sentimental value) · uz yodgorlik (item of sentimental value) · da souvenir (item of sentimental value) · th ของฝาก (item of sentimental value) · ceb handomanan (item of sentimental value) · hi यादगार (item of sentimental value) · de Mitbringsel (item of sentimental value) · nv bee ééhániihii (item of sentimental value) · hu szuvenír (item of sentimental value) · tl pang-alaala (item of sentimental value) · ky азембелек (item of sentimental value) · es tornaviaje (item of sentimental value)

souvenir en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsuː.vəˈnɪə/ (UK)
  • /ˌsu.vəˈnɪɹ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌsoʊ.vəˈnɪ.ə/ (Hong-Kong)
  • /ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/ (US)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir (literally “memory”). Compare memento.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To take (something) as a souvenir, especially illicitly, for example during wartime.
    • "Doubletime up to the ville and souvenir me one cute orphan, man, but be sure you get a dirty one, a really skuzzy one." 1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 57:
    • The word is they're waiting for some blokes who had gone off souveniring before the order was announced. 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 84:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
souvenier alternative, obsolete lexicographic
souveniring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
souvenirs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
souvenired Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
souvenired Tense=Past lexicographic