adieu

Meaning

Intj

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

Noun

farewell

Concepts

goodbye

farewell

adieu

bye

good-bye

cheerio

good day

adios

parting

bye-bye

valedictory

swan song

swansong

leave

leave-taking

word of farewell

arrivederci

au revoir

auf wiedersehen

good-by

goodby

sayonara

so long

valediction

see you

go to bed

go to sleep

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.djø/

Etymology

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

Quand l’amour nous tient , adieu la prudence , a dit La Fontaine .

When love holds us, farewell to prudence, La Fontaine said.