farewell
To bid farewell or say goodbyeTo bid farewell or say goodbye.
» Tom didn't give a farewell speech.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo bid farewell or say goodbye.
Lebewohl sagen
проща́тьсяproščátʹsja
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.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
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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Forms
farewells, farewelling, farewelled, farewelled| Base form | farewell · to farewell |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | farewells |
| Present participle | farewelling |
| Past simple | farewelled |
| Past participle | farewelled |
regular · Lesson
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.