What does souvenir mean?
Word: Souvenir
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Souvenir means something you buy or keep to remind you of a place you visited or a special event.
Synonyms: memento
How do you spell souvenir?
Syllables: sou - ve - nir
Tricky part: The word ends in ir, not ier or eer, even though the last part sounds a little like near.
Watch out for: souvenier, souveneer
Memory tip: End it the way you end stir and fir: with a plain ir.
Souvenir in a sentence
Example 1: I keep a seashell from Puri as a souvenir of our family trip.
Example 2: The museum shop sold souvenirs such as keyrings, postcards and mugs.
Example 3: Dhruv's favourite souvenir is a tiny model of the Gateway of India.
Fun Fact
Souvenir is a French word that means a memory, or to remember. English borrowed it in the 1700s.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nirvoues
a) supervisor
b) sovereign
c) sunflower
d) souvenir
Show answer
d) souvenir. Sunflower has an f, sovereign a g, and supervisor a p, so the letters spell souvenir.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
s_uv_nir
a) a, e
b) u, e
c) o, i
d) o, e
Show answer
d) o, e. It starts with sou, a French way of writing the oo sound, and the middle beat is ve.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) pasport
b) lugage
c) souvenir
d) holliday
Show answer
c) souvenir. Passport doubles the s, luggage doubles the g, and holiday has a single l.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
souvennir
a) r
b) o
c) v
d) n
Show answer
d) n. A single n is enough in this word for a reminder of a trip.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these would make a good souvenir of a trip to Jaipur?
a) a block-printed scarf from the bazaar
b) a pencil from the school stationery cupboard
c) a bill from the electricity board
d) a page of last week's maths homework
Show answer
a) a block-printed scarf from the bazaar
2. Which word is closest in meaning to souvenir?
a) keepsake
b) invitation
c) reward
d) bargain
Show answer
a) keepsake
