keepsake

keepsake
keepsake (n.) 1790, from KEEP (Cf. keep) (v.) + SAKE (Cf. sake); on model of NAMESAKE (Cf. namesake); thus an object kept for the sake of the giver. As an adjective by 1839.

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  • KEEPSAKE — Livre de luxe, sans aucune valeur utilitaire, mais de présentation très soignée et de contenu très anodin, que les Anglais offraient comme étrennes. Keepsake signifie: objet donné pour être gardé en souvenir. La vogue en fut lancée vers 1820 et… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Keepsake — may refer to:*Souvenir, a (small) item that reminds a person of a specific event or time * Keepsake (computer game), an adventure computer game *Keepsake (quartet), a barbershop quartet *Keepsake (band), an influential emo band …   Wikipedia

  • Keepsake — Datos generales Origen Coral Springs, Florida Información artística …   Wikipedia Español

  • Keepsake — Keep sake , n. Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Keepsake — (engl., spr. kĭ p ßēk), Erinnerungsgabe, Andenken; auch Titel von Almanachen etc …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • keepsake — index remembrance (commemoration), reminder, token Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • keepsake — KEEPSAKE: Doit se trouver sur la table d un salon …   Dictionnaire des idées reçues

  • keepsake — |kipssêique| s. m. 1. Álbum que se oferece com alguma produção do oferente. 2.  [Por extensão] Qualquer lembrança.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • keepsake — *remembrance, remembrancer, reminder, memorial, memento, token, souvenir …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • keepsake — [n] something precious emblem, favor, memento, memorial, relic, remembrance, reminder, souvenir, symbol, token, trophy; concept 446 …   New thesaurus

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