adieu C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /əˈdju/ UK /əˈdjuː/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 intj goodbye; a farewell With a wave and a soft adieu, she boarded the train. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 intj · goodbye; a farewell goodbyefarewellvaledictionparting ↔ Opposites greetingwelcomehello Etymology AI details From Old French adieu, a contraction of a Dieu ('to God'), short for a Dieu vous commant ('I commend you to God'), from Latin ad ('to') + Deus ('God'). a Dieu Old French Deus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # adieu **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** intj **IPA (US):** /əˈdju/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈdjuː/ ## Meanings 1. goodbye; a farewell ## Examples - With a wave and a soft adieu, she boarded the train. ## Synonyms - goodbye - farewell - valediction - parting ## Antonyms - greeting - welcome - hello ## Roots and Affixes - Root: a Dieu - Root: Deus ## Etymology From Old French adieu, a contraction of a Dieu ('to God'), short for a Dieu vous commant ('I commend you to God'), from Latin ad ('to') + Deus ('God'). ## AI Etymology Adieu is an intj and noun meaning "goodbye; a farewell". Historically, it is from Old French adieu, a contraction of a Dieu ('to God'), short for a Dieu vous commant ('I commend you to God'), from Latin ad ('to') + Deus ('God'). The visible construction is part of the etymology: adieu is not just an unanalyzed simple word. The historical chain links Old French a Dieu with Latin Deus. This keeps the modern intj and noun sense tied to the older forms and language sequence behind it. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown