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keepsake

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈkiːp.seɪk/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

something of sentimental value

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: souvenir, token, relic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: object, physical object

Narrower terms: love-token, party favor, party favour, favor, favour

History

Etymology

From keep + sake.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: иҫтәлек (iśtəlek) — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紀念品 /纪念品 (jìniànpǐn) — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Danish: minde — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Dutch: herinnering — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Dutch: aandenken — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Finnish: muisto — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Finnish: muistoesine — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • French: souvenir — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Georgian: სამახსოვრო საჩუქარი (samaxsovro sačukari) — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Georgian: სუვენირი (suveniri) — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • German: Andenken — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • German: Erinnerung — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • German: Liebgewonnenes — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • German: Erinnerungsstück — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Greek: ενθύμιο (enthýmio) — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Greek: αναμνηστικό (anamnistikó) — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Hebrew: מזכרת (mazkeret) — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Italian: ricordo — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Italian: memoria — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Italian: memento — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Kyrgyz: белек (belek) — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Macedonian: спомен (spomen) — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Māori: whakaturi — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Plautdietsch: Aunjedenkj — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Polish: pamiątka — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Portuguese: recordação — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Romanian: suvenir — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Russian: сувени́р (suvenír) — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȕspomena — object retained in memory of something or someone
  • Spanish: recuerdo — object retained in memory of something or someone