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Webster 1913 Edition
Souvenir
Souˊve-nir
(? or ?)
, Noun.
[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 1828 Edition
Souvenir
SOUVENIR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Souvenir
souvenir
souvenir
See also: Souvenir
English
Souvenirs from around the world. Clockwise from top, Empire State Building, New York City, New York, USA; Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Queen's Guards, London, United Kingdom; Eiffel Tower, Paris, France.
Alternative forms
Noun
souvenir (plural souvenirs)
- An item of sentimental value, to remember an event or location.
Translations
item of sentimental value to remember an event or location
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See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sou‧ve‧nir
Etymology
Borrowing from French souvenir
Noun
souvenir n (plural souvenirs, diminutive souvenirtje n)
Synonyms
French
Etymology
Middle French soubvenir, from Old French sovenir, from Latin subvenīre, present active infinitive of subveniō (“come to mind, occur to”), from sub + veniō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.və.niʁ/, /suv.niʁ/
Verb
souvenir
Conjugation
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way.
Conjugation of se souvenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | se souvenir | s'être souvenu | |||||
| gerund | en se souvenant | en s'étant souvenu | |||||
| present participle | se souvenant /sə‿.suv.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | souvenu /suv.ny/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me souviens /mə‿.su.vjɛ̃/ |
te souviens /tə‿.su.vjɛ̃/ |
se souvient /sə‿.su.vjɛ̃/ |
nous souvenons /nu‿.suv.nɔ̃/ |
vous souvenez /vu‿.suv.ne/ |
se souviennent /sə‿.su.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect | me souvenais /mə‿.suv.nɛ/ |
te souvenais /tə‿.suv.nɛ/ |
se souvenait /sə‿.suv.nɛ/ |
nous souvenions /nu‿.su.və.njɔ̃/ |
vous souveniez /vu‿.su.və.nje/ |
se souvenaient /sə‿.suv.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | me souvins /mə‿.su.vɛ̃/ |
te souvins /tə‿.su.vɛ̃/ |
se souvint /sə‿.su.vɛ̃/ |
nous souvînmes /nu‿.su.vɛ̃m/ |
vous souvîntes /vu‿.su.vɛ̃t/ |
se souvinrent /sə‿.su.vɛ̃ʁ/ |
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| future | me souviendrai /mə‿.su.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
te souviendras /tə‿.su.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
se souviendra /sə‿.su.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
nous souviendrons /nu‿.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
vous souviendrez /vu‿.su.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
se souviendront /sə‿.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | me souviendrais /mə‿.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
te souviendrais /tə‿.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
se souviendrait /sə‿.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
nous souviendrions /nu‿.su.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vous souviendriez /vu‿.su.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
se souviendraient /sə‿.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me souvienne /mə‿.su.vjɛn/ |
te souviennes /tə‿.su.vjɛn/ |
se souvienne /sə‿.su.vjɛn/ |
nous souvenions /nu‿.su.və.njɔ̃/ |
vous souveniez /vu‿.su.və.nje/ |
se souviennent /sə‿.su.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
me souvinsse /mə‿.su.vɛ̃s/ |
te souvinsses /tə‿.su.vɛ̃s/ |
se souvînt /sə‿.su.vɛ̃/ |
nous souvinssions /nu‿.su.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
vous souvinssiez /vu‿.su.vɛ̃.sje/ |
se souvinssent /sə‿.su.vɛ̃s/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | souviens-toi /su.vjɛ̃.‿twa/ |
— | souvenons-nous /suv.nɔ̃.‿nu/ |
souvenez-vous /suv.ne.‿vu/ |
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Synonyms
Noun
souvenir m (plural souvenirs)
- memory (mental picture).
- Je n'ai pas le souvenir de t'avoir dit ça...
- I don't have the memory of me having told you that... (I don't remember telling you that...)
- Je n'ai pas le souvenir de t'avoir dit ça...
- souvenir
- J'ai ramené un souvenir de Paris.
- I have brought back a souvenir of Paris.
- J'ai ramené un souvenir de Paris.