memento
/mɪˈmentəʊ/mih-MEN-toh
/mɪˈmɛntoʊ/mih-MEN-toh
Meaningremember!
Common meaning: a keepsake
- memmindful; to rememberLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1130 · scan
- entoLatin noun ending: a thing that
Journey through time
- Latinmemor; meminī‘mindful’
- Englishmemento‘a keepsake’ · today
mem also in: memorymemorialmemorisememorablecommemorate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin memor; meminī ‘mindful; to remember’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry memor, p. 1130 · dictionary scan
Roots
- memor; meminī Latin “mindful; to remember”
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