souvenir

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: sou=ve=nir

CIDE DICTIONARY

souvenir, 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

souvenir, n. & v.
--n. (often foll. by of) a memento of an occasion, place, etc.
--v.tr. sl. take as a 'souvenir'; pilfer, steal.

Etymology

F f. souvenir remember f. L subvenire occur to the mind (as SUB-, venire come)

THESAURUS

souvenir

Mnemosyne, affect memory, anterograde memory, atavism, collective memory, commemoration, computer memory, disk memory, drum memory, emotional response, engram, favor, information storage, keepsake, kinesthetic memory, memento, memento mori, memorabilia, memorial, memorials, memories, memory, memory bank, memory circuit, memory trace, mind, mneme, race memory, recollection, relic, remembrance, remembrancer, reminder, screen memory, skill, tape memory, token, token of remembrance, trophy, verbal response, visual memory

ROGET THESAURUS

souvenir

Memory

N memory, remembrance, retention, retentiveness, tenacity, veteris vestigia flammae, tablets of the memory, readiness, reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration, recurrence, flashback, retrospect, retrospection, afterthought, post script, PS, suggestion, prompting, hint, reminder, remembrancer, flapper, memorial, commemoration, note, memo, memorandum, things to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic, memorabilia, art of memory, artificial memory, memoria technica, mnemonics, mnemotechnics, phrenotypics, Mnemosyne, prompt-book, crib sheet, cheat sheet, retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection, perfect memory, total recall, celebrity, fame, renown, reputation, remembering, remembered, mindful, reminiscential, retained in the memory, pent up in one's memory, fresh, green, green in remembrance, unforgotten, present to the mind, within one's memory, indelible, uppermost in one's thoughts, memorable, by heart, by rote, without book, memoriter, in memory of, in memoriam, memoria in aeterna, suggestive, manet alta mente repostum, forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit, absens haeres non erit, beatae memoriae, briefly thyself remember, mendacem memorem esse oportet, memory the warder of the brain, parsque est meminisse doloris, to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die, vox audita peril littera scripta manet, out of sight, out of mind.