[soo-vuh-neer, soo-vuh-neer] 
| 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. |
| 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.] |