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adieu

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a·dieu  (-dy, -d)
interj.
Used to express farewell.
n. pl. a·dieus or a·dieux (-dyz, -dz)
A farewell.
[Middle English, from Old French a dieu, (I commend you) to God : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + Dieu, God (from Latin deus; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots).]
adieu [a-dew, a-dewz]
interj, n
pl adieux or adieus goodbye [French]
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Noun1.adieuadieu - a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes"
bye-bye, cheerio, good day, good-by, good-bye, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye
farewell, word of farewell - an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
Translations
adieu [əˈdjuː] excl → ¡vaya con Dios!


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"Adieu, adieu, adieu," she said, without the soul communicating one single intelligent inflexion to the word.
Adieu by de Balzac, Honore View in context
Marianne, few as had been her hours of comfort in London, and eager as she had long been to quit it, could not, when it came to the point, bid adieu to the house in which she had for the last time enjoyed those hopes, and that confidence, in Willoughby, which were now extinguished for ever, without great pain.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
- Adieu, Aramis," he added aloud, "adieu; I am going to rejoin Porthos.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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