memento
/məˈmɛntoʊ/noun
memento is spelled M-E-M-E-N-T-O: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, memento means “A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of memento is mementos or mementoes.
How many letters and syllables are in memento?
| Letters | 7: M-E-M-E-N-T-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is memento?
Memento appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce memento?
- /məˈmɛntoʊ/
Memento has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-memento.ogg, En-au-memento.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of memento
- mementos plural
- mementoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does memento mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
I kept the shell as a memento of my visit to the seashore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Memento in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a keepsake:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | souvenir |
| German | Andenken, Erinnerung, Mahnzeichen |
| Portuguese | lembrancinha, recordação, lembrança |
| Spanish | recuerdo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does memento come from?
Borrowed from Latin mementō (“remember”), imperative form of meminī (“to remember”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).