Adieu

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • interjection. Used to express farewell.
  • n. A farewell.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • interjection. Said to wish a fond farewell; good-bye.
  • n. A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • interjection. Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.
  • n. A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Literally, to God, an ellipsis for I commend you to God: an expression of kind wishes at the parting of friends, equivalent to farewell; hence, a parting salutation in general: as, adieu to my hopes.
  • Synonyms Adieu, Farewell, Good-by. These words have completely lost their original meanings. In use the difference between them is only one of formality, good-by being the most common, and adieu the most formal. By the Society of Friends (and perhaps some other sects) farewell is preferred, as not involving the careless mention of the name of God. In strict propriety, farewell is a parting salutation to persons going away.
  • n. adieus or (in French spelling) adieux (a-dū z′ , ȧ-dyė′ ). A farewell or commendation to the care of God: as, an everlasting adieu; to make one's adieus.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a farewell remark
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    adieux   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    good-by    farewell    good-bye    aloha    au revoir    adios    goodbye    cheerio    addio    sayonara   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou    Chu    Crewe    Drew    Ewe    Few