I. |süvə|ni(ə)r, -niə noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from ( se ) souvenir to remember, from Latin subvenire to come to mind, to come up — more at subvention
1. : an act of remembering : recollection
eking out her life of souvenir in her palace — Eleanor Clark
flitting souvenir … of a regal gesture of her mother — Arnold Bennett
2. : something that serves as a reminder : memento , remembrance
the pressed flower is a souvenir from her wedding bouquet
brought him a pictorial ashtray as a souvenir of the trip
pockmarks in the masonry … are souvenirs of the bomb that exploded there — John Brooks
Synonyms: see memory
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to take as a souvenir
guests souvenired the green tulle and the pink tiger lilies which had adorned the Royal table — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin