Meaning & use
souvenir
An object kept as a reminder of a place, event, or experience, often bought while traveling.
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She bought a small carved elephant as a souvenir from her trip to Thailand.
The concert t-shirt became a treasured souvenir of their first date together.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French, where the word literally means 'to remember'; pronunciation keeps the French stress pattern in English.
Words with a similar meaning
keepsakememento
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