Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A token of remembrance; a memento.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. That which reminds one, or revives one's recollection, of an event, a person, a place, etc.; a remembrancer; a reminder; a keepsake: as, a souvenir of Mount Vernon; a souvenir of a marriage or a visit.
- n. Synonyms Memento, etc. See memorial.
Wiktionary
- n. An item of sentimental value, to remember an event or location.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a reminder of past events
- n. something of sentimental value
Etymologies
- From French souvenir. (Wiktionary)
- French, from Old French, to recall, memory, from Latin subvenīre, to come to mind : sub-, sub- + venīre, to come; see gwā- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The word souvenir comes from the French word (spelled the same) meaning to remember.”
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“Monica reached out and plucked the spinning souvenir from the air, flinging it at him again.”
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“This banner, a 1960s souvenir from a now-defunct Southern California amusement park, was pinned to a wall at an estate sale.”
“Nerds make the perfect souvenir from the Nerdtacular”
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“When Hagman banged home his first goal, thousands of fans headed for the exits in souvenir teal T-shirts handed out by the Sharks before the game.”
“The woven "hut" behind them is actually a woven grass basket that my father-in-law brought back as a souvenir from the Caribbean, set on its side.”
“Otani then remembers that he bought her a souvenir from the concert, an Umibozu towel!”
“Who would have thought that when Vanesa asked Johnny to bring her back a souvenir from the set of Pirates of the Caribbean that he would actually bring her back scurvy.”
“PITTSBURGH (AP) - Evgeni Malkin skated off the ice with a nasty gash on his left cheek, a souvenir from a game that was better suited for May than for March.”
“(AP) - Although Landon Marleau won't remember it, his dad grabbed quite a souvenir from the kid's first hockey game.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘souvenir’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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English with Tongue
French words and phrases used by English speakers.
objet d'art, nom de plume, petite, bon voyage, avant-garde, faux pas, faux, touché, répondez, s'il vo..., rouge, papier mâché, joie de vivre and 85 more...
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Things from my memory
nigger baby, mexican jumping bean, puddle jumper, mood ring, pet rock, cat scratch fever, taxman, hippie, vaseline, argyrol, mercurchrome, methiolade and 655 more...
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French words in German language
words and phrases with french background commonly used in the german language, so-called "Gallizismen"
trottoir, paravent, rayon, perron, fauteuil, garage, arrangement, etablissement, portemonnaie, parterre, coupé, voliere and 123 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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Jacqueline's Words
glittery, horny, amazing, wanderlust, forlorn, lustily, nonchalant, cool, passive, submissive, roundabout, carousel and 558 more...
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Collage's Words
subtle, calamity, impale, qat, painterly, piebald, surly, nihilistic, repine, slake, larder, sepulchre and 349 more...
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Words That Populate My Mind
This is a collection of words I love, old ones that I love the sound of when I repeat them for years and new ones coined in news articles on up and coming trends and technologies - most of them I k...
aroma, mojo, blithely, fringe, fray, synchronicity, doublespeak, buzzword, thoughtcrime, portmanteau, newspeak, oldspeak and 963 more...
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thricedotted's Words
schadenfreude, vanquish, calumny, obsequious, rhapsody, expostulate, promontory, bordello, quintessence, catharsis, recapitulation, myriad and 937 more...
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Speaking in Tongues - an REM list
Words heard in various REM songs that I enjoy and that I think are indicative of the band. Not too literally, of course.
pilgrimage, pageant, suspicion, penitence, gentlemen, chronic, stigma, deadlier, transit, fortunate, momentum, misconstrued and 162 more...
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The Glass Menagerie
Words from the play by Tennessee Williams.
glass, menagerie, stumble-john, portieres, dandelion wine, Comfortable as a ..., Century of Progress, Blue Roses, Shakespeare's sister, pleurosis, Holy Jeez!, Zzzzzp! and 20 more...
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go-come words
come, welcome, venire, advent, venue, adventitious, adventure, avenue, circumvent, contravene, convene, convenient and 87 more...
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cmmnwlth's list
infanta, bananaphone, pastafarian, cremains, noetic, lard, sveltoleum, marmoleum, louce, trifecta, d'or, defector and 29 more...
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kamcho_kitty's list
faves
chones, provenience, lemur, cromulent, embiggen, redorkulate, gordita, kugel, wonky, ramekin, santeria, bonobo and 58 more...
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Internationally Known
wunderkind, a la carte, brunette, blitz, passe, genre, du jour, kindergarten, gegenschein, encore, lederhosen, souvenir and 20 more...
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