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souvenir noun [ ˌsuːvəˈnɪə ]

• a thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event.
• "the recording provides a souvenir of a great production"
Similar: memento, keepsake, reminder, remembrance, token, memorial, testimonial, trophy, relic, memorabilia, memorandum,

souvenir verb

• take as a memento.
• "many parts of the aircraft have been souvenired"
Origin: late 18th century: from French, from souvenir ‘remember’, from Latin subvenire ‘occur to the mind’.


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