how to pronounce souvenir

/ˌsuː.vənˈɪəɹ/

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souvenir is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of souvenir in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… and suddenly this souvenir shop pops up …”

meaning of souvenir

A souvenir is something that is taken away from a place as a reminder of a visit.

souvenir frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word souvenir occurs in english on average 2.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics souvenir can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that souvenir can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;