adieu

adieu

good-bye; farewell; the act of leaving: He bade his friends adieu.

Not to be confused with:

ado – bustle, fuss; flurry; confusion; turmoil; commotion: much ado about nothing

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a·dieu

 (ə-dyo͞o′, ə-do͞o′)

interj.

Used to express farewell.

n. pl. a·dieus or a·dieux (ə-dyo͞oz′, ə-do͞oz′)

A farewell.

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[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).]

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adieu

(əˈdjuː; French adjø)

sentence substitute, n, pl adieus or adieux (əˈdjuːz; French adjø)

goodbye; farewell

[C14: from Old French, from a to + dieu God]

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a•dieu

(əˈdu, əˈdyu)

interj., n., pl. a•dieus, a•dieux.

good-bye; farewell.

[1325–75; < Middle French, literally, to God; compare adios]

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adieu

A French word for farewell. The literal meaning is (I commend you) to God.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

adieu - a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" bye-bye, cheerio, good day, goodby, good-by, goodbye, good-bye, sayonara, so long, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye farewell, word of farewell - an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

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adieu

noun goodbye, parting, farewell, leave-taking, valediction, congé We said our adieus and left.

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adieu

noun

A separation of two or more people:

farewell, good-bye, leave-taking, parting, valediction.

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Translations

Adieuauf Wiedersehengrüß Gotttschüss

adiós

adieufarewell

agyő

addio

adieu

adjøfarvel

прощайтепрощание

zbogom

adieu

[əˈdjuː]

A. EXCL → ¡adiós!

B. N (adieus or adieux (pl)) [əˈdjuːz] (frm) → adiós m
to bid adieu to [+ person] → despedirse de; [+ thing] → renunciar a, abandonar
to say one's adieus or adieux → despedirse

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adieu

(old, liter)

n → Adieu nt, → Lebewohl nt (old); to say one’s adieus → Adieu or adieu sagen (old), → Abschied nehmen

interj → adieu (old); to bid somebody adieu → jdm Adieu or adieu or Lebewohl sagen (old)

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adieu

[əˈdjuː] n → addio

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