keepsake

English

WOTD – 4 July 2007

Etymology

From keep +‎ sake.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkiːp.seɪk/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

keepsake (plural keepsakes)

Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.

She gave him a lock of hair as a keepsake of their time together.
(historical) Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings.

Synonyms

Translations

object retained in memory of something or someone

Chinese:
Mandarin: 紀念品 (zh), 纪念品 (zh) (jìniànpǐn)
Danish: minde n
Dutch: herinnering (nl), aandenken (nl)
Finnish: muisto (fi), muistoesine
French: souvenir (fr) m
German: Andenken (de) n, Erinnerung (de) f, Liebgewonnenes n
Greek: ενθύμιο (el) n (enthýmio)
Hebrew: מזכרת‎‎ f (mazkeret)
Interlingue: memorette

Italian: ricordo (it) m, memoria (it) f, memento m
Kyrgyz: белек (ky) (belek)
Maori: whakaturi
Polish: pamiątka (pl) f
Portuguese: recordação (pt) f
Russian: сувени́р (ru) m (suvenír)
Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan m
Serbo-Croatian: ȕspomena (sh) f
Spanish: recuerdo (es) m

French

Etymology

From English keepsake.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kip.sɛk/, /kip.sɛjk/

Noun

keepsake m (plural keepsakes)

(historical) keepsake, literary album

Further reading

“keepsake” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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