adieu

Meanings

Interjection

• Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

• addio, adios, aloha, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, cheers, ciao, farewell, good-by, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, shalom, so long

Origin

• From Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu ("to God"), a shortening of a Dieu vous comant, from Medieval Latin ad Deum ("to God"). adios.