adieu
/əˈdju/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.83 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "BEATRICE. What fire is in mine ears? Can this be true? Stand I condemn'd for pride and scorn so much? Contempt, farewell! and maiden pride, adieu! No glory lives behind the back of such."
- "The sails of fat-bellied ships go upward and flap signalling that time has come to bid adieu to the voyagers."
- "We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America."
- "As Noyes bade me adieu and rode off northward in his car I began to walk slowly toward the house."
- "Yes, the tide will surely turn, and meanwhile may one who is proud to call himself a partisan, invite whomever may feel disposed to bid the "T14s" adieux, to pause before giving them valediction and accord to them the respect that is assuredly their due."
- "At the of his so remote, so near, 1884 summer Van, before leaving Ardis, was to make a visit of adieu to Ada's larvarium."
Etymology
From Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu (“to God”), a shortening of a Dieu vous comant (“I commend you to God”), from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Doublet of adios.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: adieu, ad Deum
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈdju/
- British English: /əˈdjuː/
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
addio
adios
con dios
God be with you
good-by
good-bye
goodbye
go with God
vaya con dios
adjö
aloha
arrivederci