souvenir B1 Topic:Travel US /ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/ UK /ˌsuː.vəˈnɪə/ See IPA manual Freq #8279 Meanings 1 noun An object you keep or give to remember a place or event. She bought a small souvenir to remember her trip to Paris. 2 verb To take something as a souvenir, especially without permission. The soldiers souvenired badges and coins during the war. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an object you keep or give... keepsakemementomemorabilia Word family Forms souvenirs Etymology Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir (literally “memory”). Compare memento. souvenir French View etymology graph -> Topics Travel External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # souvenir **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌsuː.vəˈnɪə/ **Frequency rank:** 8279 ## Meanings 1. An object you keep or give to remember a place or event. 2. To take something as a souvenir, especially without permission. ## Examples - She bought a small souvenir to remember her trip to Paris. - The soldiers souvenired badges and coins during the war. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: souvenir ## Etymology Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir (literally “memory”). Compare memento. ## Topics - Travel markdown