au revoir
Goodbye; till we meet againGoodbye; till we meet again.
UK/ˌəʊ.ɹə ˈvwɑː/US/ˌoʊ.ɹə ˈvwɑɹ/
Meaning
1 sensesGoodbye; till we meet again.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
Unadapted borrowing from French au revoir, with relatively formal but otherwise identicalUnadapted borrowing from French au revoir, with relatively formal but otherwise identical meaning, possibly due to the cumbersome nature of formal English equivalents.
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