souvenirs
les souvenirs
memories
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How do you say souvenirs in French?
How do you pronounce souvenirs in French?
souvenirs is pronounced /le suvniʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le souvenir heureux de mes vacances me rend toujours souriant.
The happy memory of my vacation always makes me smile. (masculine adjective 'heureux' agrees with masculine noun 'souvenir')
Ce souvenir précieux était le dernier cadeau que mon grand-père m'avait donné.
This precious memory was the last gift that my grandfather had given me. (masculine adjectives 'précieux' and 'dernier' agree with masculine noun 'souvenir')
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Why is it masculine?
Souvenirs is masculine because it derives from the Latin noun "subvenīre" (literally "that which comes to mind"). French inherited the masculine gender from the Latin masculine form, which maintained this gender through the language's evolution from Latin.
What is the French word for memories?
The French word for memories is les souvenirs — masculine.
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