adieu

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu (to God), a shortening of a Dieu vous comant (I commend you to God), from Latin ad (to) + deus (God)

Pronunciation [edit]

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Usage notes [edit]

Although the above pronunciations are usually used in American and RP English, neither is the correct pronunciation in French.

Interjection [edit]

adieu

  1. Said to wish a fond farewell; good-bye.

Synonyms [edit]

Translations [edit]

Noun [edit]

adieu (plural adieux or adieus)

  1. A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.
    We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.

Usage notes [edit]

Particularly used in phrase bid adieu.

Derived terms [edit]

Translations [edit]

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Old French a Dieu vos comant (I commend you to God)

Pronunciation [edit]

Interjection [edit]

adieu

  1. farewell, adieu
  2. (Southern France) hello

Noun [edit]

adieu m (plural adieux)

  1. farewell

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Occitan [edit]

Interjection [edit]

adieu

  1. hello
  2. goodbye