farewell

Meanings

1. 1
   intj

   Goodbye (said when leaving, often for a long time).

   He said "Farewell!" and walked away.

2. 2
   noun

   Words or actions when saying goodbye, especially for a long time.

   He bid farewell to all of his fans.

3. 3
   adj

   Done or given as a final goodbye.

   The band announced their farewell tour.

Common collocations

• farewell kiss Adjective + noun

From Middle English farewel, from fare wel! (and the variants with the personal pronoun "fare ye well" and "fare you well" used in the Renaissance), an imperative expression, possibly further derived from Old English *far wel!, equivalent to fare (“to fare, travel, journey”) + well. Compare Scots farewele, fairweill (“farewell”), Saterland Frisian Foarwäil (“farewell”), West Frisian farwol (“farewell”), German Fahrwol, Fahrwohl, East Frisian forwal, Dutch vaarwel (“farewell (sadly)”), Danish farvel (“farewell”), Norwegian farvel (“farewell”), Swedish farväl (“farewell”), Faroese farvæl (“goodb…

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