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/ or IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.ɹə ˈvwɑɹ/.

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

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／再见 (zoi³ gin³)

  Mandarin: 再見／再见 (zh) (zàijiàn)

• Finnish: näkemiin (fi)
• French: au revoir (fr)
• Greek: ορεβουάρ (el) (orevouár), στο επανιδείν (el) (sto epanideín)
• Indonesian: sampai jumpa, selamat tinggal
• Japanese: また今度 (mata kondo)
• Portuguese: até mais (pt)
• Spanish: adiós (es), hasta la vista

French

Etymology

Literally, “until the reseeing”.

Pronunciation

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

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• Audio (Quebec):

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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

Descendants

• Louisiana Creole: aréwa
• Haitian Creole: orevwa

Anagrams

• ouvrerai

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French au revoir (“au revoir; goodbye”)

Adjective

au revoir

1. au revoir; goodbye

Further reading

• “au revoir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.