souvenir

See also: Souvenir

EnglishEdit

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 formsEdit

souvenier

EtymologyEdit

From French souvenir.

PronunciationEdit

Hyphenation: sou‧ve‧nir
IPA^(key): /ˌsuːvəˈnɪə(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

NounEdit

souvenir (plural souvenirs)

An item of sentimental value, to remember an event or location.

TranslationsEdit

item of sentimental value to remember an event or location

Armenian: հուշանվեր (hušanver)
Catalan: record (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 紀念品, 纪念品 (zh) (jìniànpǐn)

Min Nan: 紀念品, 纪念品 (kí-liām-phín)
Czech: suvenýr m
Dutch: aandenken (nl) n, souvenir (nl) n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: matkamuisto (fi), muistoesine
French: souvenir (fr) m
Georgian: სახსოვარი (saxsovari)
German: Souvenir (de) n, Reiseandenken n
Greek: ενθύμιο (el) n (enthýmio)
Hebrew: מזכרת
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: szuvenír
Irish: cuimhneachán m
Italian: ricordo (it) m
Japanese: 土産 (みやげ, miyage)

Korean: 기념품 (ko) (ginyeompum) (記念品 (ko)), 선물 (ko) (seonmul) (膳物)
Latin: mnēmosȳnum n
Maori: manatunga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: suvenir m

Nynorsk: suvenir m
Persian: سوغاتی (sowqâti)
Polish: pamiątka (pl) f
Portuguese: suvenir m
Russian: сувенир (ru) m (suvenír)
Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сувенир m, успомена f

Roman: suvènīr m uspomena f
Spanish: recuerdo (es) m
Thai: ที่ระลึก (têe ráléuk)
Turkish: hatıra (tr), hediyelik eşya
Vietnamese: đồ lưu niệm

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Middle French soubvenir, from Old French sovenir, from Latin subvenīre, present active infinitive of subveniō (“come to mind, occur to”).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

souvenir

(reflexive, se souvenir) to remember

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of souvenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		se souvenir			s’être souvenu
gerund		en se souvenant			en s’étant followed by the past participle
present participle		se souvenant
past participle		souvenu
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	me souviens	te souviens	se souvient	nous souvenons	vous souvenez	se souviennent
	imperfect	me souvenais	te souvenais	se souvenait	nous souvenions	vous souveniez	se souvenaient
	past historic	me souvins	te souvins	se souvint	nous souvînmes	vous souvîntes	se souvinrent
	future	me souviendrai	te souviendras	se souviendra	nous souviendrons	vous souviendrez	se souviendront
	conditional	me souviendrais	te souviendrais	se souviendrait	nous souviendrions	vous souviendriez	se souviendraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use present tense of s’être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of s’être followed by the past participle
	past anterior	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	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	me souvienne	te souviennes	se souvienne	nous souvenions	vous souveniez	se souviennent
simple tenses	imperfect	me souvinsse	te souvinsses	se souvînt	nous souvinssions	vous souvinssiez	se souvinssent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of s’être followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of s’être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	souviens-toi	—	souvenons-nous	souvenez-vous	—

NounEdit

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...
souvenir
J'ai ramené un souvenir de Paris.
I have brought back a souvenir of Paris.