farewell
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» Tom didn't give a farewell speech.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesGoodbye
He said "Farewell!" and left.
Examples
103 sentencesTom didn't give a farewell speech.
The office is having a farewell party.
Let's have a farewell party for Tom tomorrow.
ruДавайте устроим Тому завтра отвальную. — sharptoothed
We are giving a farewell party for him tonight.
We are going to hold a farewell party for him.
Origin
From Middle English farewel, from fare wel! (and the variants with the personal pronoun "fFrom Middle English farewel, from fare wel! (and the variants with the personal pronoun "fare ye well" and "fare you well" used in the Renaissance), an imperative expression, possibly further derived from Old English *far wel!, equivalent to fare (“to fare, travel, journey”) + well. Compare Scots farewele, fairweill (“farewell”), Saterland Frisian Foarwäil (“farewell”), West Frisian farwol (“farewell”), German Fahrwol, Fahrwohl,
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