verb/su.v(ə).niʁ/
to remember
“il faut se souvenir que...” — It's necessary to remember that...
Related: se souvenir
Inherited from Middle French soubvenir, from Old French sovenir, from Latin subvenīre (“come to mind, occur to”), from sub + veniō. Doublet of subvenir.
noun, masculine/su.v(ə).niʁ/plural: souvenirs
souvenir is masculine in French.
memory (mental picture); souvenir
“Je n'ai pas le souvenir de t'avoir dit ça…” — I don't remember telling you that…
Inherited from Middle French soubvenir, from Old French sovenir, from Latin subvenīre (“come to mind, occur to”), from sub + veniō. Doublet of subvenir.