/əˈdju/, /əˈdu/, /əˈdjuː/
OriginFrom 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.
- 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.”
“The sails of fat-bellied ships go upward and flap signalling that time has come to bid adieu to the voyagers.”
- 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.”
“As Noyes bade me adieu and rode off northward in his car I began to walk slowly toward the house.”
“Yes, the tide will surely turn, and meanwhile may one who is proud to call himself a partisan, invite whomever may feel disposed to bid the "T14s" adieux, to pause before giving them valediction and a”
Formsadieux(plural) · adieus(plural)