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Webster 1913 Edition

Keepsake

Keep′sakeˊ

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Noun.

Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.

Webster 1828 Edition

Keepsake

KEE'PSAKE

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Noun.

Any thing kept, or given to be kept for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.

Definition 2024

keepsake

keepsake

English

Noun

keep sake ‎(plural keepsakes)

Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.
She gave him a lock of hair as a keepsake of their time together.
(historical) Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings.

Synonyms

Translations

object retained in memory of something or someone

Chinese:
Mandarin: 紀念品 (zh), 纪念品 (zh) ‎(jìniànpǐn)
Danish: minde n
Dutch: herinnering (nl), aandenken (nl)
Finnish: muisto (fi), muistoesine
French: souvenir (fr) m
German: Andenken (de) n, Erinnerung (de) f
Greek: ενθύμιο (el) n ‎(enthýmio)
Hebrew: מזכרת f ‎(mazkeret)
Interlingue: memorette

Italian: ricordo (it) m, memoria (it) f, memento m
Kyrgyz: белек (ky) ‎(belek)
Maori: whakaturi
Polish: pamiątka (pl) f
Portuguese: recordação (pt) f
Russian: сувени́р (ru) m ‎(suvenír)
Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan m
Serbo-Croatian: ȕspomena (sh) f
Spanish: recuerdo (es) m

French

Etymology

From English keepsake.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kipse(j)k/

Noun

keepsake m ‎(plural keepsakes)

(historical) keepsake, literary album