au revoir

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au revoir

/ˌəʊ.ɹə ˈvwɑː/ UK
/ɔːɹ ˈvwɑː/ UK
/o.ʁə ˈvwaʁ/ UK
/ɔʁ ˈvwaʁ/ UK
/ˌoʊ.ɹə ˈvwɑɹ/ US
/ˌɑ.ɹə ˈvwɑɹ/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Unadapted borrowing from French au revoir, with relatively formal but otherwise identical meaning, possibly due to the cumbersome nature of formal English equivalents.

interjection

Goodbye; till we meet again. 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
Similar: adieu, adios, aloha, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, badbye, BCNU, bye, bye-bye, catch you later, ciao

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intj Translations

Español	adiós, hasta la vista
日本語	また今度 mata kondo
中文	再見 /再见 zàijiàn
Português	até mais
Français	au revoir
Ελληνικά	ορεβουάρ orevouár, στο επανιδείν sto epanideín

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@misc{au_revoir_2026,
  title = {au revoir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/au%20revoir},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}