souvenir

The definition of a souvenir is something you keep to remind you of a trip or other event.

(noun)

A snow globe you bring back from your vacation is an example of a souvenir.

See souvenir in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

something kept or serving as a reminder of a place, person, or occasion; keepsake; memento

Origin: Fr, orig. inf., to remember < L subvenire, to come to mind: see subvene

See souvenir in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A token of remembrance; a memento.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French, to recall, memory

Origin: , from Latin subvenīre, to come to mind

Origin: : sub-, sub-

Origin: + venīre, to come; see g^wā- in Indo-European roots

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