memento

[US]/mɪ'mentəʊ/
[UK]/məˈmɛnto/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en påminnelse om fortiden, ofte et minnesmerke eller objekt som bringer tilbake minner
Word Forms
Pluralmementoes

Phrases & Collocations

memento mori

memento mori

Example Sentences

you can purchase a memento of your visit.

Du kan kjøpe en minnesbevis for besøket din.

They gave him a watch as a memento of his time with the company.

De ga ham en klokke som minnesbevis for tiden han hadde hos selskapet.

The director will be presented with a memento for his long years of service.

Direktøren vil bli presentert med et minnesbevis for hans lange år av tjeneste.

My friend gave me his picture as a memento before going away.

Min venn ga meg hans bilde som minnesbevis før han gikk vekk.

Also called memento mori by more formal Sin-Eaters.

Kalles også memento mori av mer formelle Sin-Eaters.

That's how the phrase memento mori should be read: don't forget to die!

Så skal frasen memento mori leses: ikke glem å dø!

Real-world Examples

It's where I found the Vietnam mementos.

Det er der jeg fant Vietnam-minnehistorier.

Source: S03

No, but it would have been nice to have a little memento...

Nei, men det hadde vært hyggelig å ha en liten minnehistorie...

Source: Friends Season 6

They're my last mementos of those shores that are now dead for me.

De er mine siste minnehistorier fra de kystene som nå er døde for meg.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

I was thunderstruck at this, for it was the only memento that I had of her.

Jeg var chockert av dette, for det var den eneste minnehistorien jeg hadde av henne.

Source: A Study in Scarlet by Sherlock Holmes

And I developed two practices for eliminating distractions: memento distractio and memento passio.

Og jeg utviklet to praksjer for å eliminere forstyrrelser: memento distractio og memento passio.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

Oh, but before you go, won't you come and see the mementoes of the wedding of Tsar Alexander II's daughter?

Åh, men før du går, vil du ikke komme og se minnehistoriene fra bryllupet til tsesar Alexander II's datter?

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 5

The first practice is memento distractio.

Den første praksjen er memento distractio.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

The serviceman who received it probably kept it as a memento in its original wrapping and tin.

Den som mottok det, holdt sannsynligvis på det som en minnehistorie i sin opprinnelige forpakking og boks.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation April 2021

Is New York worse now? Of course, and not just because many of my mementos are gone.

Er New York verre nå? Selvfølgelig, og ikke bare fordi mange av mine minnehistorier er borte.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

The second practice is memento passio.

Den andre praksjen er memento passio.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

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