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.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sou‧ve‧nir
- IPA(key): /ˌsuːvəˈnɪə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
souvenir (plural souvenirs)
- An item of sentimental value, to remember an event or location.
- Synonyms: keepsake, memento, memorabilia
Alternative forms
Translations
item of sentimental value to remember an event or location
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Verb
souvenir (third-person singular simple present souvenirs, present participle souveniring, simple past and past participle souvenired)
- (transitive) To take (an article) as a souvenir, especially illicitly, for example during wartime.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.vəˈnir/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: sou‧ve‧nir
French
Etymology
From Middle French soubvenir, from Old French sovenir, from Latin subvenīre, present active infinitive of subveniō (“come to mind, occur to”), from sub + veniō. Doublet of subvenir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suv.niʁ/
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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)
| present participle | se souvenant /sə suv.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
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| past participle | souvenu /suv.ny/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | se souvenir | ||||||
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | se souvenant /sə suv.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | s'étant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (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/ |
| imperfect2 | 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/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | souviens-toi /su.vjɛ̃.twa/ |
— | souvenons-nous /suv.nɔ̃.nu/ |
souvenez-vous /suv.ne.vu/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Synonyms
Noun
souvenir m (plural souvenirs)
Further reading
- “souvenir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Spanish
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