au revoir
/ˌoʊ.ɹə ˈvwɑɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
Example Sentences
- "2000 January 22, Philipp Goedicke, Carl Kasell (announcer), “Listener Limerick Challenge”, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio Though about it the South used to brag / I’m afraid it’s become such a drag / We should say au revoir / To the old stars and bars"
- "2001 November 23, Jack Hassell, “Au Revoir!”, Object Management Group, mail archive, www.omg.org https://web.archive.org/web/20050123185851/http://www.omg.org/archives/dtc/msg03667.html After about 40++ TC meetings and over seven years, it's time to say "au revoir" - at least for now."
- "To feed the family four hot dogs, two beers, two sodas, and a tray of nachos, you can kiss another Ulysses Grant au revoir (hey, you might as well learn a few foreign phrases while studying sports)."
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French au revoir, with relatively formal but otherwise identical meaning, possibly due to the cumbersome nature of formal English equivalents.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌoʊ.ɹə ˈvwɑɹ/
- British English: /ˌəʊ.ɹə ˈvwɑː/