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Is souvenir a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word souvenir is a Scrabble US word. The word souvenir is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is souvenir a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word souvenir is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

SOUVENIR,

7-letter words (9 found)

ENVIOUS,ENVIROS,NERVOUS,NIVEOUS,RENVOIS,UNVISOR,URINOSE,VEINOUS,VERSION,

6-letter words (24 found)

ENVIRO,ENVOIS,ERINUS,ERUVIN,INSURE,INURES,IRONES,NOSIER,OVINES,RENVOI,ROUENS,RUSINE,SENIOR,SONERI,UNROVE,URINES,URSINE,VENOUS,VERSIN,VINERS,VINOUS,VIREOS,VIROSE,VIROUS,

5-letter words (63 found)

ENVOI,EOSIN,ERUVS,EUROS,INURE,IRONE,IRONS,NEVUS,NOIRS,NOISE,NORIS,NOSER,NURSE,ONERS,ORNIS,OSIER,OUENS,OURIE,OVENS,OVERS,OVINE,REINS,RENOS,RESIN,RINES,RINSE,RISEN,RIVEN,RIVES,ROINS,RONES,ROSIN,ROUEN,ROUES,ROUSE,ROVEN,ROVES,RUINS,RUNES,SENOR,SERIN,SERON,SERVO,SIEUR,SIREN,SIVER,SNORE,URINE,URSON,VEINS,VENUS,VERSO,VIERS,VINER,VINES,VINOS,VIREO,VIRES,VIRUS,VISNE,VISON,VISOR,VROUS,

4-letter words (79 found)

EONS,ERNS,EROS,ERUV,EUOI,EURO,EVOS,INRO,IONS,IRES,IRON,IURE,NEVI,NIES,NOES,NOIR,NORI,NOSE,NOUS,NURS,ONER,ONES,ONIE,ONUS,ORES,OURN,OURS,OVEN,OVER,REIN,REIS,RENO,RENS,REOS,REVS,RINE,RINS,RISE,RIVE,RIVO,ROES,ROIN,RONE,ROSE,ROUE,ROVE,RUES,RUIN,RUNE,RUNS,RUSE,SEIR,SIEN,SINE,SIRE,SONE,SORE,SORI,SORN,SOUR,SUER,SUNI,SURE,UNIS,URES,URNS,USER,VEIN,VERS,VIER,VIES,VINE,VINO,VINS,VIRE,VISE,VOES,VORS,VROU,

3-letter words (58 found)

ENS,EON,ERN,ERS,EVO,INS,ION,IOS,IRE,ISO,NIE,NIS,NOR,NOS,NUR,NUS,OES,OIS,ONE,ONS,ORE,ORS,OSE,OUR,OUS,REI,REN,REO,RES,REV,RIN,ROE,RUE,RUN,SEI,SEN,SER,SEV,SIN,SIR,SON,SOU,SOV,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUN,SUR,UNI,UNS,URE,URN,USE,VIE,VIN,VIS,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (21 found)

EN,ER,ES,IN,IO,IS,NE,NO,NU,OE,OI,ON,OR,OS,OU,RE,SI,SO,UN,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 256 words from souvenir according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of souvenir

souvenir

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir (literally memory); compare memento.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌsuːvəˈnɪə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/, /ˌsu.vəˈnɪɹ/
  • (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /ˌsoʊ.vəˈnɪ.ə/
  • Hyphenation: sou‧ve‧nir
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

souvenir (plural souvenirs)

  1. An item of sentimental value, that is given or kept to remember an event or location.
    Synonyms: keepsake, memento, memorabilia

Alternative forms

  • souvenier (obsolete)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cantonese: souven

Translations

Verb

souvenir (third-person singular simple present souvenirs, present participle souveniring, simple past and past participle souvenired)

  1. (transitive) To take (something) as a souvenir, especially illicitly, for example during wartime.

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.vəˈnir/
  • Hyphenation: sou‧ve‧nir

Noun

souvenir n (plural souvenirs, diminutive souvenirtje n)

  1. souvenir

Synonyms

  • aandenken
  • gedachtenis

Descendants

  • Indonesian: suvenir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French soubvenir, from Old French sovenir, from Latin subvenīre (come to mind, occur to), from sub + veniō. Doublet of subvenir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.v(ə).niʁ/

Verb

souvenir

  1. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to remember
    Synonym: rappeler
    il faut se souvenir que...It's necessary to remember that...
    Je me souviens de toi.I remember you.

Conjugation

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).

Derived terms

  • se souvenir

Noun

souvenir m (plural souvenirs)

  1. memory (mental picture)
  2. souvenir

Derived terms

  • jour du Souvenir

Descendants

Further reading

  • “souvenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.veˈnir/
  • Rhymes: -ir

Noun

souvenir m (invariable)

  1. souvenir

References

Further reading

  • souvenir in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • universo

Old French

Verb

souvenir

  1. Alternative form of sovenir

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem souvien distinct from the unstressed stem souven, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • suvenir

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /subeˈniɾ/ [su.β̞eˈniɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ

Noun

souvenir m (plural souvenirs)

  1. souvenir
    Synonym: recuerdo

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “souvenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir.

Noun

souvenir c

  1. a souvenir

Declension

References

  • souvenir in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • souvenir in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • souvenir in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org