au revoir

[oh ruh-vwar; Eng. oh ruh-vwahr]

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interjection French.

until we see each other again; good-bye for the present.

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au revoir (o rəvwar)

—*sentence substitute*
	goodbye

[literally: to the seeing again]

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au revoir

1690s, from Fr., lit. "to the seeing again."

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