Definitions for memento

memento me·men·to

Spelling: [muh-men-toh]
IPA: /məˈmɛn toʊ/

Memento is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in memento (eemmnot).

Definitions for memento

noun

  1. an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
  2. anything serving as a reminder or warning.
  3. (initial capital letter, italics) Roman Catholic Church. either of two prayers in the canon of the Mass, one for persons living and the other for persons dead.
  4. (italics) Latin. remember that you must die.
  5. an object, as a skull, serving as a reminder of death or mortality.

Origin of memento

1350-1400; Middle English Latin mementō, imperative of meminisse to remember

Examples for memento

They offered tea, a smoke, and an Egyptian flag as a memento.

"I want this stick as a memento of him," answered the gentleman, sweetly.

"Then it is only a memento," I stammered, with very evident feeling.

He looks a bit like  B̶r̶a̶d̶ ̶P̶i̶t̶t̶ Guy Pearce in memento at this stage.

I watched as each reached up to the press box, memento in hand.

On the face of a rich man's heir is written the rich man's memento mori!

Sandra McElwaine previews the loot, from a Cuban Missile Crisis memento to notes from the first lady.

She had been his wife's friend and, as such, he had given her that silver vinaigrette as a memento.

When his work was done and he was about to leave the convent, the cook begged a memento.

His memento mori was in his bed-chamber, and sat by him at his frugal meal.

Word Value for memento
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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