adieu
Noun
- A French word for farewell.
- a farewell remark
- A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.
Intj
- Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
Examples
- Playing ADIEU for fifty points was a fitting farewell to a great game.
- We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good day, good-by, good-bye, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long, God be with you, addio, adjö, aloha, auf Wiedersehen, cheers, ciao, con Dios, con dios, farewell, go with God, shalom, vaya con Dios, vaya con dios
Scrabble Score: 6
adieu: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordadieu: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
adieu: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary