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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.

–interjection

1.	good-bye; farewell.

–noun

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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a·dieu 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.

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Adieu

A*dieu"\, n.; pl. Adieus. A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting. --Shak.

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