adieu
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adieu
- /əˈdju/ US
- /əˈdu/ US
- /əˈdjuː/ UK
- /əˈdjɜː/ UK
- /əˈdjuː/ Canada
- /əˈdjɜː/ Canada
- /əˈd(j)ɪu̯/ Canada
- /əˈd(j)ʌu̯/ dialectal
- [əˈd(j)ɛʊ̯] dialectal
Sounds like ado (North America) · Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
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.
interjection
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Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
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.
Similar: addio, adios, con dios, con Dios, God be with you, good-by, good-bye, goodbye, go with God, vaya con dios, vaya con Dios, adjö
noun adieux · adieus
- A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell. We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.
Translations
Talk about this word "adieu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adieu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. adieu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adieu "adieu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adieu.Cite this
@misc{adieu_2026,
title = {adieu},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adieu},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
