What does "souvenir" mean?

An item of sentimental value, that is given or kept to remember an event or location.

What is a synonym for "souvenir"?

Common synonyms include: keepsake, memento, token, affect memory, anterograde memory, atavism.

Pronounced //ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ//.

/ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

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"
2
something of sentimental value wordnet
3
a reminder of past events wordnet

Verb

1
To take (something) as a souvenir, especially illicitly, for example during wartime. transitive
""Doubletime up to the ville and souvenir me one cute orphan, man, but be sure you get a dirty one, a really skuzzy one.""

"This will be a good souvenir of my trip around the United States."

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