how to pronounce souvenir

/suv.niʁ/

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souvenir is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of souvenir in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… cru je crois me souvenir que elle était …”

meanings of souvenir

noun:

Memory (mental picture).
Souvenir.

verb:

To remember.

souvenir frequency in french - A2 level of CEFR

the word souvenir occurs in french on average 71.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.