au revoir

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊ.ɹə.ˈvwɑː/ or IPA^(key): /ɔːɹ.ˈvwɑː/, or pronounced as in French, IPA^(key): /o.ʁə.ˈvwaʁ/ or IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ˈvwaʁ/.
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.ɹə.ˈvwɑɹ/

Interjection

au revoir

1. Goodbye till we meet again.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:goodbye

   • 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

   • 2001 November 23, Jack Hassell, “Au Revoir!”, Object Management Group, mail archive, www.omg.org [1]

     After about 40++ TC meetings and over seven years, it's time to say "au revoir" - at least for now.

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: довиждане (bg) (doviždane)
• Catalan: a reveure (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 再見 (yue) (zoi³ gin³)

  Mandarin: 再見 (zh) (zàijiàn)

• Finnish: näkemiin (fi)

• French: au revoir (fr)
• Japanese: また今度 (mata kondo)
• Portuguese: até mais (pt)
• Spanish: adiós (es), hasta la vista

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French

Etymology

au +‎ revoir, literally "until the reseeing".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o ʁə.vwaʁ/, (colloquial) /ɔʁ.vwaʁ/

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Interjection

au revoir

1. goodbye

Synonyms

• (informal) salut
• (informal) à plus tard
• (informal) à plus
• (informal) bye
• (informal) bye-bye
• (informal) ciao
• (informal) à la revoyure

Anagrams

• ouvrerai