/sooh'veuh near", sooh"veuh near'/ , n.
1. a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
2. a memory.
[ 1765-75; se ) souvenir to remember subvenire to come to mind, equiv. to sub- SUB- + venire to come ]
Syn. 1. reminder, keepsake, token.