souvenir UK /ˌsuː.vəˈnɪə/US /ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •An item of sentimental value, that is given or kept to remember an event or location.Back then, nobody knew in the schoolyard / Now then, you have grown up to be this hard / Go then, walk through this world with your heart scarred / You're the souvenir of sadness — 2005 verb1 •To take (something) as a souvenir, especially illicitly, for example during wartime."Doubletime up to the ville and souvenir me one cute orphan, man, but be sure you get a dirty one, a really skuzzy one." — 1979 formssouvenired · souveniring · souvenirs