memento
/məˈmɛntoʊ/
memento noun: a keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
Noun
memento (plural mementos or mementoes)
- A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
- I kept the shell as a memento of my visit to the seashore.
- In conclusion, I would remark that the great railway stations of London deserve to be visited every whit as much as St. Paul's Cathedral, the Abbey, or the Tower, and they are as worthy a memento of this century as those buildings are of the days that are gone.1944 July and August, “London Railway Stations in 1893”, in Railway Magazine, page 201, taken from The English Illustrated Magazine of June 1893
- Synonyms:
- keepsake, souvenir, memorabilia
memento meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
memento in Tamil
- நினைவுப்பரிசு, நினைவுக் குறிப்பு
memento in Urdu
- نشانی, یاد گار
memento in Bengali
- স্মারক, স্মৃতিচিহ্ন
memento in Malayalam
- അടയാളം, ഓർമ്മക്കുറി, സ്മാരകചിഹ്നം, ജ്ഞാപകക്കുറിപ്പ്
More languagesFewer languages
- memento in Kannada
- ಜ್ಞಾಪಕ ವಸ್ತು, ನೆನಪಿನ ವಸ್ತು, ಕಾಣಿಕೆ, ಕುರುಹು
- memento in Punjabi
- ਸਮਾਰਕ samārak, ਯਾਦਗਾਰ yādgār
- memento in Assamese
- চিন sin
- memento in Indonesian
- kenang-kenangan
- memento in Persian
- یادگاری yâdegâri, یادبود yâdbud
Examples of memento in a sentence
- A baseball can be a coinstantiation of the concepts of a ball, a piece of sporting goods, a toy, a collectible, and a memento.
- “If someone assaulted you, if someone offended you, would you keep a memento of their assault?
- Alexis's mementos and numerous dance trophies were starting to crowd her out of her little bedroom.
Synonyms of memento
Forms of memento
| plural | mementos |
|---|---|
| plural | mementoes |
Origin of memento
Borrowed from Latin mementō (“remember”), imperative form of meminī (“to remember”).
Words formed from memento
Phrases with memento
Words that rhyme with memento
Questions about memento
- What does memento mean?
- Memento means a keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
- What is memento in Tamil?
- Memento in Tamil is நினைவுப்பரிசு, நினைவுக் குறிப்பு. See Memento meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is memento?
- Memento is a noun.
- How do you pronounce memento?
- Memento is pronounced /məˈmɛntoʊ/.
- What is the plural of memento?
- The plural of memento is mementos.
Words near memento in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: memento (page history and authors); memento (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); memento (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); memento (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); memento (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); memento (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਯਾਦਗਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); চিন (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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