memento

noun me·men·to \ mə-ˈmen-(ˌ)tō , nonstandard mō- \

|Updated on: 21 Jun 2018

Examples: memento in a Sentence

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Definition of memento

plural mementos or mementoes

: something that serves to warn or remind

a museum filled with war mementos
—Libby Lubin

also : souvenir

mementos of their travels

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Examples of memento in a Sentence

a collection of photographs and mementos
It was a memento of our trip.

Recent Examples of memento from the Web

Nine 103-year-old Cadbury chocolate bars discovered amongst the mementos of a World War I hero are expected to fetch more than $2,600 at auction.

— arun lal, Fox News, "WWI hero's 103-year-old Cadbury chocolates expected to fetch tasty price at auction," 4 June 2018
So Cole signed his cleats and sent them to the Giants' clubhouse as a memento for Crawford.

— bill shaikin, latimes.com, "Three up, three down: Son of Vlad is off to a big start; Indians bullpen is not," 26 May 2018
Almost immediately, the industry took to Instagram to share personal mementos of the magazine over the years.

— refinery29.com, "The Inevitable Heartbreak Of Interview Magazine," 22 May 2018
The Camp Blanding and Historical Associates, Inc. is not-for-profit corporation dedicated to promoting the historical mementos of WWII when Camp Blanding was considered its own town with troops and their families flowing through the encampment.

— amy aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Explore Florida's Clay County: Military history at Camp Blanding," 7 May 2018
In this respect, Prince Louis' new portrait is special, as it was taken on Princess Charlotte's third birthday, and is an important memento of the day.

— amy mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, "How Prince Louis' First Official Photos Compare to Princess Charlotte's," 6 May 2018
Those CDs are in a couple boxes in Annabelle’s closet back at their home in Seguin — mementos of her life the Pomeroys couldn’t bear to give away.

— silvia foster-frau, San Antonio Express-News, "Sutherland Springs residents attend National Day of Prayer," 3 May 2018
The Columbine crosses, made of unfinished wood, stand over eight feet high and include personal mementos of the victims, including a pocket watch, medals, a baseball cap and ribbons.

— linda girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, "Prayers, tears and crosses at Aurora memorial to Columbine shooting victims," 20 Apr. 2018
In Russia, the mementos of the war have been passed down along with the trauma.

— maya dukmasova, Chicago Reader, "Archive Dive / History / News On winning wars and losing memories," 18 Apr. 2018

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Did You Know?

Memento comes from the imperative form of "meminisse," a Latin verb that literally means "to remember." (The term memento mori, meaning "a reminder of mortality," translates as "remember that you must die.") The history of "memento" makes it clear where its spelling came from, but because a memento often helps one remember a particular moment, people occasionally spell the term "momento." That second version is usually considered a misspelling, but it appears often enough in edited prose to have been considered acceptable for entry in Webster's Third New International Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary.