memento
/məˈmentəʊ/noun
उच्चारण ममेन्टो
स्मृति-चिह्न, यादगार
Advanced wordPYP · asked 2 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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[C] ~ (of sth)
a thing that you keep or give to somebody to remind you or them of a person or place
स्मृति-चिह्न, यादगार
- The chief guest was given a memento.
- The school gave every retiring teacher a small memento on the last day.
- I bought a small memento of our trip to Jaipur.
+ 2 more examples
- She kept the old watch as a memento of her grandfather.
- The team presented the coach with a memento at the farewell.
AaSpelling
me·men·to
With me- (not 'momento', a common error; it comes from 'memory', not 'moment').
me- के साथ ('momento' गलत है, आम गलती; यह 'memory' से आया है, 'moment' से नहीं)।
⌂Word origin and word building
Latin: memento mori (remember that you must die).
Latin: memento mori (याद रखो कि मरना है)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A thing you buy to remember a place is a souvenir; a small thing kept to remember a person a keepsake; a building or statue built to remember a person or event a memorial.
किसी जगह की याद के लिए खरीदी चीज़ souvenir; किसी व्यक्ति की याद में रखी छोटी चीज़ keepsake; किसी व्यक्ति या घटना की याद में बनी इमारत या मूर्ति memorial।