souvenir

Everyday

A souvenir is something you buy or keep to remember a place you visited or an event you went to. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, people buy souvenirs on holidays, at museums and at sports matches, like keyrings, postcards and badges. In history and geography lessons, souvenirs can tell where someone has travelled. In maths problems, souvenir shops are used for money sums. Phrases: «souvenir shop», «as a souvenir», «a souvenir of».

Examples

• I bought a keyring as a souvenir of London. tree →
• The souvenir shop sold mugs and T-shirts. tree →
• She kept her ticket as a souvenir. tree →
• Grandpa brought me a souvenir from Ireland. tree →
• This shell is a souvenir of our beach holiday. tree →
• If a souvenir costs 4 dollars, how much do three cost? tree →
• Don't take stones or plants from national parks as souvenirs. tree →
• We collected badges as souvenirs. tree →

Note

Countable. Spelling: souvenir (ou, then -enir); it comes from French and means «to remember». Pronounced «soo-ven-EER». In some parks and beaches, it is against the rules to take natural things as souvenirs.