adieu

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdju/, /əˈdu/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈdjuː/, /əˈdjɜː/ (Canada) IPA(key): /əˈdjuː/, /əˈdjɜː/, /əˈd(j)ɪu̯/ (dialectal) IPA(key): /əˈd(j)ʌu̯/, [əˈd(j)ɛʊ̯] Rhymes: -uː === Interjection === adieu Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:adieu. ==== Usage notes ==== Although the above pronunciations are usually used in American and RP English, neither is the standard pronunciation in French. /əˈdjɜː/ is used to approximate the French, while /əˈdju(ː)/ is a spelling pronunciation. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === adieu (plural adieux or adieus) A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:adieu. ==== Usage notes ==== Particularly used in phrase bid adieu. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Anagrams === Audie == Catalan == === Verb === adieu only used in us adieu, second-person plural present indicative of adir-se inflection of adiar: second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive second-person plural imperative == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch adiu, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?]. Later reinfluenced by French adieu (“to God”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aːˈdjøː/, (less common) /aː.diˈøː/ Hyphenation: adieu Rhymes: -øː === Interjection === adieu (Southern) farewell, adieu Synonyms: tot ziens, aju, doei, dag, later ==== Derived terms ==== aju ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: adjo, adjoe → Virgin Islands Creole: adio == French == === 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 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.djø/ === Interjection === adieu farewell, adieu Synonym: au revoir Antonym: bonjour Near-synonym: à plus tard se dire adieu ― to say goodbye (North America) goodbye, see you soon (Meridional) hello (Switzerland) hello, goodbye ==== Derived terms ==== dire adieu ==== Descendants ==== === Noun === adieu m (plural adieux) farewell Synonym: au revoir Antonym: bonjour faire ses adieux à quelqu'un ― to bid farewell to someone leurs tendres adieux ― their tender farewells des adieux émouvants ― moving farewells un mot d'adieu ― a word of farewell sans adieu ― without farewell ==== Derived terms ==== faire ses adieux === See also === à-Dieu-va, à-Dieu-vat === Further reading === “adieu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Hungarian == === Alternative forms === agyő, (rare) ágyő === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French adieu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɒɟøː], [ˈaːɟøː] Rhymes: -ɟøː Hyphenation: adieu Syllabification: a‧dieu === Interjection === adieu (now often humorous) adieu, goodbye Synonym: isten veled === Further reading === adieu and (with subscription) adieu in Ferenc Pusztai, editor, Magyar értelmező kéziszótár [A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÉKsz.2), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003 (online searchable version under development). adieu in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026). == Occitan == === Pronunciation === === Interjection === adieu hello goodbye == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French adieu. First attested in the 19th century. Doublet of adio and adios. Compare Kashubian adjé and Slovincian adjé. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈdjɛ/ Rhymes: -ɛ Syllabification: a‧dieu === Interjection === adieu (literary) adieu (said to wish a final farewell; goodbye) === References === === Further reading === “adieu”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “adieu”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “adieu”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “adje, adju”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 7