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souvenir

/su.v(ə).niʁ/

verb/su.v(ə).niʁ/

to remember

“il faut se souvenir que...” — It's necessary to remember that...

Synonyms: rappeler

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

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.