adieu

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adieu

good-bye; farewell; the act of leaving: He bade his friends adieu.

Not to be confused with:

ado – bustle, fuss; flurry; confusion; turmoil; commotion: much ado about nothing

a·dieu

(ə-dyo͞o′, ə-do͞o′)

interj.

Used to express farewell.

n. pl. a·dieus or a·dieux (ə-dyo͞oz′, ə-do͞oz′)

A farewell.

[Middle English, from Old French a dieu, (I commend you) to God : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + Dieu, God (from Latin deus; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots).]

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adieu

(əˈdjuː; French adjø)

sentence substitute, n, pl adieus or adieux (əˈdjuːz; French adjø)

goodbye; farewell

[C14: from Old French, from a to + dieu God]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

a•dieu

(əˈdu, əˈdyu)

interj., n., pl. a•dieus, a•dieux.

good-bye; farewell.

[1325–75; < Middle French, literally, to God; compare adios]

adieu

A French word for farewell. The literal meaning is (I commend you) to God.

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Noun

adieu - a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes"

bye-bye, cheerio, good day, goodby, good-by, goodbye, good-bye, sayonara, so long, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye

farewell, word of farewell - an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

adieu

noun goodbye, parting, farewell, leave-taking, valediction, congé We said our adieus and left.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

adieu

noun

A separation of two or more people:

farewell, good-bye, leave-taking, parting, valediction.

Translations

Adieu auf Wiedersehen grüß Gott tschüss

adiós

adieufarewell

agyő

zbogom

adieu

[əˈdjuː]

A. EXCL → ¡adiós!

B. N (adieus or adieux (pl)) [əˈdjuːz] (frm) → adiós m
to bid adieu to [+ person] → despedirse de; [+ thing] → renunciar a, abandonar
to say one's adieus or adieux → despedirse

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adieu

(old, liter)

n → Adieu nt, → Lebewohl nt (old); to say one’s adieus → Adieu or adieu sagen (old), → Abschied nehmen

interj → adieu (old); to bid somebody adieu → jdm Adieu or adieu or Lebewohl sagen (old)

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adieu

[əˈdjuː] n → addio

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'Adieu,' that word, which is her only language, she seldom uttered at that time.

"Adieu, monsieur," said the marquis, pressing his hand.

"Adieu, adieu, adieu," she said, without the soul communicating one single intelligent inflexion to the word.

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"Adieu," faltered the count, who felt his heart die away within him; "adieu, and think of me."

"Adieu, Raoul," said the count; "adieu, my dearest boy!"

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His present pursuit could not make him forget that Elizabeth had been the first to excite and to deserve his attention, the first to listen and to pity, the first to be admired; and in his manner of bidding her adieu, wishing her every enjoyment, reminding her of what she was to expect in Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and trusting their opinion of her-- their opinion of everybody-- would always coincide, there was a solicitude, an interest which she felt must ever attach her to him with a most sincere regard; and she parted from him convinced that, whether married or single, he must always be her model of the amiable and pleasing.

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Adieu! I am happy--I am gratified--I am delighted--I am bored.

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He arose from the oaken bench on which he was seated in the chapel, and wished, as the priest had done, to go and bid a last adieu to the double grave which contained his two lost friends.

See, only, that I have not been base, and that I have come to bid thee this last adieu. The Lord is my witness, Raoul, that if with my life I could have redeemed thine, I would have given that life without hesitation.

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Adieu, till we meet; I am enchanted with my lodgings.

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"Adieu, adieu!" murmured the old man, clasping Edmond's hand convulsively -- "adieu!"

Adieu -- adieu!" And raising himself by a final effort, in which he summoned all his faculties, he said, -- "Monte Cristo, forget not Monte Cristo!" And he fell back on the bed.