a·dieu
Audio Help [uh-doo, uh-dyoo; Fr. a-dyɶ] Pronunciation Key interjection, noun, plural a·dieus, a·dieux
Audio Help [uh-dooz, uh-dyooz; Fr. a-dyɶ] Pronunciation Key.
Audio Help [uh-doo, uh-dyoo; Fr. a-dyɶ] Pronunciation Key interjection, noun, plural a·dieus, a·dieux
Audio Help [uh-dooz, uh-dyooz; Fr. a-dyɶ] Pronunciation Key. –interjection
–noun
| 1. | good-bye; farewell. |
| 2. | the act of leaving or departing; farewell. |
[Origin: 1325–75; ME < MF, equiv. to a (< L ad to) + dieu (< L deus god)
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adieu
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Audio Help (ə-dyōō', ə-dōō') Pronunciation Key
interj. Used to express farewell. n. pl. a·dieus or a·dieux (ə-dyōōz', ə-dōōz') A farewell. [Middle English, from Old French a dieu, (I commend you) to God : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + Dieu, God (from Latin deus; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots).] |
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adieu
c.1374, from O.Fr. adieu, from phrase a dieu (vous) commant "I commend (you) to God," from a "to" (from L. ad) + dieu "God," from L. deum, acc. of deus "god," from PIE *deiwos (see Zeus). Originally said to the party left; farewell was to the party setting forth.
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| adieu | |
noun | |
| a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" |
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Adieu
A*dieu"\, interj. & adv. [OE. also adew, adewe, adue, F. ? dieu, fr. L. ad to + deus God.] Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Adieu
A*dieu"\, n.; pl. Adieus. A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting. --Shak.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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