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Grammar : Noun
Spell : muh-men-toh
Phonetic Transcription : məˈmɛn toʊ

Définition of memento

Origin :
  • c.1400, "Psalm cxxxi in the Canon of the Mass" (which begins with the Latin word Memento and in which the dead are commemorated), from Latin memento "remember," imperative of meminisse "to remember, recollect, think of, bear in mind," a reduplicated form, related to mens "mind" (see mind (n.)). Meaning "reminder, object serving as a warning" is from 1580s; sense of "keepsake" is first recorded 1768.
  • noun souvenir
Example sentences :
  • On the face of a rich man's heir is written the rich man's memento mori!
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • His memento mori was in his bed-chamber, and sat by him at his frugal meal.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • She had been his wife's friend and, as such, he had given her that silver vinaigrette as a memento.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • "I want this stick as a memento of him," answered the gentleman, sweetly.
  • Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
  • "Then it is only a memento," I stammered, with very evident feeling.
  • Extract from : « The Bronze Hand » by Anna Katharine Green (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs)
  • When his work was done and he was about to leave the convent, the cook begged a memento.
  • Extract from : « Great Artists, Vol 1. » by Jennie Ellis Keysor
  • I chipped off a piece of the rock, however, to carry home as a memento.
  • Extract from : « A Jolly Fellowship » by Frank R. Stockton
  • I was thunderstruck at this, for it was the only memento that I had of her.
  • Extract from : « A Study In Scarlet » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I brought it with me when we came here as a kind of memento to show him.
  • Extract from : « Trent's Trust and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
  • They are all pearls of great price, or may be you would wish for some memento of me.
  • Extract from : « Folk-lore and Legends: German » by Anonymous

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