noun · rare

adieu

adieu · adieux · adieus

прощание

Adieu

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

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UK/əˈdjuː/US/əˈdju/

» Tom bid Mary adieu.

Том попрощался с Марией.

Meaning

1 senses

A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.
We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.
Adieu
проща́ниеproščánije
a farewell remark

Examples

4 sentences

Tom bid Mary adieu.
ruТом попрощался с Марией.
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I bid you adieu.
ruЯ прощаюсь с тобой.
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I bid Tom adieu.
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With a shrug and some sorrow, Europeans bid 'Adieu' to EU member Britain.
deSchulterzuckend und auch ein bißchen wehmütig haben die Europäer dem EU-Mitglied Großbritannien Lebewohl gesagt.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

a farewell:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

a farewell:

Origin

From Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu (“to God”), a shor

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.

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