Meaning
Concepts
word of farewell
auf wiedersehen
Opposite of
bonjour
Synonyms
farewell
partir
sayonara
chao
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.djø/
Etymology
In summary
Shortened form of Old French a Dieu vos comant, from Medieval Latin ad Deum, equivalent to Old French à dieu vous commant (“I commend (entrust) you to God”). Compare Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós; Catalan adeu; Dutch ajuus; English and Occitan adieu; German tschüss; Greek αντίο (antío); Galician and Portuguese adeus; Italian addio; Maltese addiju; Mirandese adius; Serbo-Croatian ади̏о, adȉo; Slovene adȋjo.
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