Meaning

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

    Andenken, Erinnerung, Liebgewonnenes

    сувени́рsuvenír

  2. (historical)Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings.

More definitions
  • something of sentimental value

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Take it, as a keepsake from me.

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  2. Take a photo of me as a keepsake.

    ruСфоткай меня на память.

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  3. This is a keepsake from when I was a soldier.

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  4. It is this watch that my uncle gave me as a keepsake.

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  5. If Fairbairn shows his face here again I’ll send you one of his ears for a keepsake.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
object retained in memory of something or someone:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
object retained in memory of something or someone:

Origin

From keep + sake.

From keep + sake.

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Forms

plural: keepsakes
Singularkeepsake
Pluralkeepsakes

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedkeepsaky

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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