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sou⋅ve⋅nir

  [soo-vuh-neer, soo-vuh-neer]
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–noun
1. a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
2. a memory.
Origin:
1765–75; < F, n. use of (se) souvenir to remember < L subvenīre to come to mind, equiv. to sub- sub- + venīre to come

Synonyms:
1. reminder, keepsake, token.
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sou·ve·nir   (sōō'və-nîr', sōō'və-nîr')   
n.  A token of remembrance; a memento.

[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.]
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Souvenir

Sou`ve*nir\ (? or ?), n. [F., fr. souvenir to remember, fr. L. subvenire to come up, come to mind; sub under + venire to come, akin to E. come. See Come, and cf. Subvention.] That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : souvenir
Spanish: recuerdo,
German: das Souvenir,
Japanese: 記念品
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souvenir 
1775, "a remembrance or memory," from Fr. souvenir, from O.Fr., noun use of souvenir (v.) "to remember, come to mind," from L. subvenire "come to mind," from sub- "up" + venire "to come" (see venue). Meaning "token of remembrance, memento" is first recorded 1782.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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