adieu

Pronunciation: /əˈdju/

The English word “adieu” has 2 meanings listed here.

interjection

Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.

noun

A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.

Etymology

From Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu (“to God”), a shortening of a Dieu vous comant (“I commend you to God”), from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Doublet of adios.

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