adieu

Meaning

Intj

1. farewell, adieu
2. goodbye, see you soon
3. hello
4. hello, goodbye

Noun

farewell

Concepts

farewell

goodbye

👋

adieu

bye

👋

good day

cheerio

good-bye

bye-bye

parting

adios

swan song

valediction

valedictory

arrivederci

au revoir

sayonara

word of farewell

goodby

auf wiedersehen

good-by

go to bed

go to sleep

leave

leave-taking

see you

so long

swansong

Synonyms

au revoir

👋

salut

farewell

bonjour

👋

partir

à bientôt

à la prochaine

dodo

😴

bon vent

bien le bonjour

arrivederci

sayonara

chao

adieux

à plus

chant du cygne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.djø/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: a Dieu vos comant

Cognate with Catalan: adeu

Cognate with Dutch: adjuus

Cognate with German: tschüss

Cognate with Greek: αντίο

Cognate with Italian: addio

Cognate with Maltese: addiju

Cognate with Mirandese: adius

Cognate with Romanian: adio

Cognate with Serbo-Croatian: ади̏о

Cognate with Slovenian: adȋjo

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 adjuus; English and Occitan adieu; German tschüss; Greek αντίο (antío); Galician and Portuguese adeus; Italian addio; Maltese addiju; Mirandese adius; Romanian adio; Serbo-Croatian ади̏о, adȉo; Slovene adȋjo.

Sentences

Lucien viendra ce soir vous dire adieu , brûlez ceci devant lui ...

Lucien will come tonight to say goodbye, burn this in front of him...

La personnalité disait adieu à de nouveaux canulars .

The personality said goodbye to new hoaxes.