"adieu" meaning in French

See adieu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /a.djø/ Audio: Fr-adieu.ogg
Etymology: Shortened form of Old French a Dieu vos comant, from Medieval Latin ad Deum, equivalent to Old French à dieu vous commant (“I commend (entrust) you to God”). Compare Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós; Catalan adeu; Dutch adjuus; English and Occitan adieu; German tschüss; Greek αντίο (antío); Galician and Portuguese adeus; Italian addio; Maltese addiju; Mirandese adius; Romanian adio; Serbo-Croatian ади̏о, adȉo; Slovene adȋjo. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|a Dieu vos comant}} Old French a Dieu vos comant, {{inh|fr|ML.|ad Deum}} Medieval Latin ad Deum, {{m+|fro|à dieu vous commant||I commend (entrust) you to God}} Old French à dieu vous commant (“I commend (entrust) you to God”), {{cog|an,ast,ext,es|adiós}} Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós, {{cog|ca|adeu}} Catalan adeu, {{cog|nl|adjuus}} Dutch adjuus, {{cog|en,oc|adieu}} English and Occitan adieu, {{cog|de|tschüss}} German tschüss, {{cog|el|αντίο}} Greek αντίο (antío), {{cog|gl,pt|adeus}} Galician and Portuguese adeus, {{cog|it|addio}} Italian addio, {{cog|mt|addiju}} Maltese addiju, {{cog|mwl|adius}} Mirandese adius, {{cog|ro|adio}} Romanian adio, {{cog|sh|ади̏о}} Serbo-Croatian ади̏о, {{m|sh|adȉo}} adȉo, {{cog|sl|adȋjo}} Slovene adȋjo
  1. farewell, adieu Synonyms: au revoir
    Sense id: en-adieu-fr-intj-5oshot9u Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French French Disambiguation of French French: 22 0 28 22 28
  2. (Canada, Louisiana) goodbye, see you soon Tags: Canada, Louisiana
    Sense id: en-adieu-fr-intj-baHfc6Pd Categories (other): Canadian French, Louisiana French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 42 3 3 29
  3. (Southern France) hello Tags: France, Southern
    Sense id: en-adieu-fr-intj-LPJNul-w Categories (other): French French Disambiguation of French French: 22 0 28 22 28
  4. (Switzerland) hello, goodbye Tags: Switzerland
    Sense id: en-adieu-fr-intj-9COFMkcC Categories (other): Swiss French, French French Disambiguation of French French: 22 0 28 22 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dire adieu

Noun

IPA: /a.djø/ Audio: Fr-adieu.ogg Forms: adieux [plural]
Etymology: Shortened form of Old French a Dieu vos comant, from Medieval Latin ad Deum, equivalent to Old French à dieu vous commant (“I commend (entrust) you to God”). Compare Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós; Catalan adeu; Dutch adjuus; English and Occitan adieu; German tschüss; Greek αντίο (antío); Galician and Portuguese adeus; Italian addio; Maltese addiju; Mirandese adius; Romanian adio; Serbo-Croatian ади̏о, adȉo; Slovene adȋjo. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|a Dieu vos comant}} Old French a Dieu vos comant, {{inh|fr|ML.|ad Deum}} Medieval Latin ad Deum, {{m+|fro|à dieu vous commant||I commend (entrust) you to God}} Old French à dieu vous commant (“I commend (entrust) you to God”), {{cog|an,ast,ext,es|adiós}} Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós, {{cog|ca|adeu}} Catalan adeu, {{cog|nl|adjuus}} Dutch adjuus, {{cog|en,oc|adieu}} English and Occitan adieu, {{cog|de|tschüss}} German tschüss, {{cog|el|αντίο}} Greek αντίο (antío), {{cog|gl,pt|adeus}} Galician and Portuguese adeus, {{cog|it|addio}} Italian addio, {{cog|mt|addiju}} Maltese addiju, {{cog|mwl|adius}} Mirandese adius, {{cog|ro|adio}} Romanian adio, {{cog|sh|ади̏о}} Serbo-Croatian ади̏о, {{m|sh|adȉo}} adȉo, {{cog|sl|adȋjo}} Slovene adȋjo Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|x}} adieu m (plural adieux)
  1. farewell Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Farewells Synonyms: au revoir Derived forms: faire ses adieux Related terms: à-Dieu-va, à-Dieu-vat
    Sense id: en-adieu-fr-noun-QYQ37xrP Disambiguation of Farewells: 27 27 1 1 44 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French French Disambiguation of French French: 22 0 28 22 28

Inflected forms

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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Alemannic German: àdje",
          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {
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          "expansion": "(Alsatian)",
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      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "Danish: adjø",
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      ],
      "text": "Danish: adjø"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "de",
            "2": "tschö"
          },
          "expansion": "German: tschö",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: tschö"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "agyő"
          },
          "expansion": "Hungarian: agyő",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hungarian: agyő"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Luxembourgish: äddi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luxembourgish: äddi"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
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            "1": "nb",
            "2": "adjø"
          },
          "expansion": "adjø",
          "name": "l"
        }
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Polish: adieu"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
          "expansion": "Russian: адьё (adʹjó)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: адьё (adʹjó)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "Swedish: adjö",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: adjö"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "אַדיע"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: אַדיע (adye)"
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        "3": "ad Deum"
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        "2": "à dieu vous commant",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I commend (entrust) you to God"
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      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "adeu"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan adeu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "adjuus"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch adjuus",
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      "expansion": "English and Occitan adieu",
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        "1": "de",
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      },
      "expansion": "German tschüss",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "αντίο"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek αντίο (antío)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl,pt",
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      "expansion": "Galician and Portuguese adeus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "addio"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian addio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "addiju"
      },
      "expansion": "Maltese addiju",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mwl",
        "2": "adius"
      },
      "expansion": "Mirandese adius",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "adio"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian adio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ади̏о"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian ади̏о",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "adȉo"
      },
      "expansion": "adȉo",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sl",
        "2": "adȋjo"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovene adȋjo",
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  "lang": "French",
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  "pos": "intj",
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          "word": "bonjour"
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        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: à plus tard"
        },
        {
          "english": "to say goodbye to someone or to something",
          "text": "dire adieu à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to say goodbye",
          "text": "se dire adieu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "all equivalent to \"goodbye forever\"",
          "text": "adieu à jamais / adieu pour toujours / adieu pour jamais / adieu à tout jamais",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You can say goodbye to all this.",
          "text": "Tu peux dire adieu à tout ça.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "[to a teacher] Goodbye, sir. We will never forget you.",
          "text": "Adieu, monsieur le professeur. On ne vous oubliera jamais.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Now that I have said goodbye to my dreams of happiness, I feel happier.",
          "text": "Maintenant que j’ai dit adieu à mes rêves de bonheur, je me sens plus heureux.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        [
          "adieu",
          "adieu#English"
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        {
          "word": "au revoir"
        }
      ]
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          "_dis": "23 42 3 3 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
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        "goodbye, see you soon"
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          "goodbye",
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        [
          "see you soon",
          "see you soon"
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        "(Canada, Louisiana) goodbye, see you soon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "Louisiana"
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      "glosses": [
        "hello"
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          "hello"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Southern France) hello"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Southern"
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        "(Switzerland) hello, goodbye"
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        "3": "a Dieu vos comant"
      },
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      "expansion": "Dutch adjuus",
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      "expansion": "English and Occitan adieu",
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        "2": "tschüss"
      },
      "expansion": "German tschüss",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "αντίο"
      },
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    {
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        "1": "ro",
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    },
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      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
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      },
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "adieux",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        }
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French French",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 1 1 44",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Farewells",
          "orig": "fr:Farewells",
          "parents": [
            "Social acts",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "faire ses adieux"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to bid farewell to someone",
          "text": "faire ses adieux à quelqu’un",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "their tender farewells",
          "text": "leurs tendres adieux",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "moving farewells",
          "text": "des adieux émouvants",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a word of farewell",
          "text": "un mot d’adieu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "without farewell",
          "text": "sans adieu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "To the ears of the condemned man resigned to his fate, this final farewell from the churches [i.e. church bells ringing] undoubtedly has nothing so funereal about it, and it is better than the silence of the crowd which moves back as he passes, and especially better than the opprobrium or the laughter of a cruel public; […]",
          "ref": "1841, Théodore Marie Pavie, Fragments d'un Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale en 1833, page 223",
          "text": "Aux oreilles du patient résigné ces derniers adieux des églises n’ont sans doute rien de si funèbre, et ils valent mieux que le silence de la foule qui recule sur son passage, mieux surtout que les anathèmes ou les rires d’un peuple méchant ; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Do not be surprised, therefore, if I talk to you about it when we say goodbye: […]",
          "ref": "1853, Jean-Baptiste Henri-Dominique Lacordaire, Discours sur le droit et le devoir de la propriété, etc., page 7",
          "text": "Ne vous étonnez donc pas si je vous parle d’elle au moment de nos adieux : […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "I would like a word with you, sir; a word of farewell, perhaps.",
          "ref": "1863, Arsène Houssaye, Les filles d'Ève, page 179",
          "text": "J’ai un mot à vous dire, monsieur, un mot d’adieu peut-être.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "farewell"
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          "farewell"
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        {
          "word": "à-Dieu-va"
        },
        {
          "word": "à-Dieu-vat"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "au revoir"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "ipa": "/a.djø/"
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      "audio": "Fr-adieu.ogg",
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      "text": "audio"
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}
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    "French lemmas",
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    "French nouns",
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    "French terms inherited from Medieval Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
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      "word": "dire adieu"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "args": {
            "1": "Alsatian"
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          "name": "q"
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      "depth": 1,
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "German: tschö"
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      "text": "Hungarian: agyő"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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      "depth": 1,
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      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "Russian: адьё (adʹjó)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Yiddish: אַדיע (adye)"
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        "3": "a Dieu vos comant"
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      "expansion": "Old French a Dieu vos comant",
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        "1": "fr",
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        "2": "à dieu vous commant",
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        "4": "I commend (entrust) you to God"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "adeu"
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      "expansion": "Catalan adeu",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "adjuus"
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      "expansion": "Dutch adjuus",
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        "2": "adieu"
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      "expansion": "English and Occitan adieu",
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "tschüss"
      },
      "expansion": "German tschüss",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "αντίο"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "adeus"
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      "expansion": "Galician and Portuguese adeus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "addio"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian addio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "addiju"
      },
      "expansion": "Maltese addiju",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mwl",
        "2": "adius"
      },
      "expansion": "Mirandese adius",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "adio"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian adio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ади̏о"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian ади̏о",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "adȉo"
      },
      "expansion": "adȉo",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sl",
        "2": "adȋjo"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovene adȋjo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened form of Old French a Dieu vos comant, from Medieval Latin ad Deum, equivalent to Old French à dieu vous commant (“I commend (entrust) you to God”). Compare Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós; Catalan adeu; Dutch adjuus; English and Occitan adieu; German tschüss; Greek αντίο (antío); Galician and Portuguese adeus; Italian addio; Maltese addiju; Mirandese adius; Romanian adio; Serbo-Croatian ади̏о, adȉo; Slovene adȋjo.",
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "intj",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "bonjour"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "French terms with collocations",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: à plus tard"
        },
        {
          "english": "to say goodbye to someone or to something",
          "text": "dire adieu à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to say goodbye",
          "text": "se dire adieu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "all equivalent to \"goodbye forever\"",
          "text": "adieu à jamais / adieu pour toujours / adieu pour jamais / adieu à tout jamais",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You can say goodbye to all this.",
          "text": "Tu peux dire adieu à tout ça.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "[to a teacher] Goodbye, sir. We will never forget you.",
          "text": "Adieu, monsieur le professeur. On ne vous oubliera jamais.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Now that I have said goodbye to my dreams of happiness, I feel happier.",
          "text": "Maintenant que j’ai dit adieu à mes rêves de bonheur, je me sens plus heureux.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "farewell, adieu"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "farewell",
          "farewell"
        ],
        [
          "adieu",
          "adieu#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "au revoir"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Canadian French",
        "Louisiana French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "goodbye, see you soon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "goodbye",
          "goodbye"
        ],
        [
          "see you soon",
          "see you soon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, Louisiana) goodbye, see you soon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hello"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hello",
          "hello"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Southern France) hello"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swiss French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hello, goodbye"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hello",
          "hello"
        ],
        [
          "goodbye",
          "goodbye"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Switzerland) hello, goodbye"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Switzerland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.djø/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/Fr-adieu.ogg/Fr-adieu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Fr-adieu.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adieu"
}

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    "French countable nouns",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "expansion": "Dutch adjuus",
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      "expansion": "English and Occitan adieu",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "tschüss"
      },
      "expansion": "German tschüss",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "αντίο"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek αντίο (antío)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "adeus"
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      "expansion": "Galician and Portuguese adeus",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "addio"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian addio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "addiju"
      },
      "expansion": "Maltese addiju",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mwl",
        "2": "adius"
      },
      "expansion": "Mirandese adius",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "adio"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian adio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ади̏о"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian ади̏о",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "adȉo"
      },
      "expansion": "adȉo",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sl",
        "2": "adȋjo"
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      "expansion": "Slovene adȋjo",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "Shortened form of Old French a Dieu vos comant, from Medieval Latin ad Deum, equivalent to Old French à dieu vous commant (“I commend (entrust) you to God”). Compare Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós; Catalan adeu; Dutch adjuus; English and Occitan adieu; German tschüss; Greek αντίο (antío); Galician and Portuguese adeus; Italian addio; Maltese addiju; Mirandese adius; Romanian adio; Serbo-Croatian ади̏о, adȉo; Slovene adȋjo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "adieux",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "x"
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      "expansion": "adieu m (plural adieux)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "à-Dieu-va"
    },
    {
      "word": "à-Dieu-vat"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "word": "bonjour"
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      ],
      "categories": [
        "French terms with collocations",
        "French terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to bid farewell to someone",
          "text": "faire ses adieux à quelqu’un",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "their tender farewells",
          "text": "leurs tendres adieux",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "moving farewells",
          "text": "des adieux émouvants",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a word of farewell",
          "text": "un mot d’adieu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "without farewell",
          "text": "sans adieu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "To the ears of the condemned man resigned to his fate, this final farewell from the churches [i.e. church bells ringing] undoubtedly has nothing so funereal about it, and it is better than the silence of the crowd which moves back as he passes, and especially better than the opprobrium or the laughter of a cruel public; […]",
          "ref": "1841, Théodore Marie Pavie, Fragments d'un Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale en 1833, page 223",
          "text": "Aux oreilles du patient résigné ces derniers adieux des églises n’ont sans doute rien de si funèbre, et ils valent mieux que le silence de la foule qui recule sur son passage, mieux surtout que les anathèmes ou les rires d’un peuple méchant ; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Do not be surprised, therefore, if I talk to you about it when we say goodbye: […]",
          "ref": "1853, Jean-Baptiste Henri-Dominique Lacordaire, Discours sur le droit et le devoir de la propriété, etc., page 7",
          "text": "Ne vous étonnez donc pas si je vous parle d’elle au moment de nos adieux : […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "I would like a word with you, sir; a word of farewell, perhaps.",
          "ref": "1863, Arsène Houssaye, Les filles d'Ève, page 179",
          "text": "J’ai un mot à vous dire, monsieur, un mot d’adieu peut-être.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "farewell"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "farewell",
          "farewell"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "au revoir"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/a.djø/"
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/Fr-adieu.ogg/Fr-adieu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Fr-adieu.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adieu"
}

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