au revoir
22
8.5
- noun
- /oʊ rɪˈvwɑr/
- "Au revoir," he called out.
- say au revoir
- au revoir, my friend
- au revoir. Goodbye
Examples
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I will soon say au revoir to you.
Blog text (7) -
" Au revoir—we'll see you again!
Fiction book (1995) -
- I just wanted to say au revoir.
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I just wanted to say, au revoir, and thank you for your help.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Au revoir," the Director says.
Fiction book (1999) -
- Let's say au revoir.
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I loved the way you said "au revoir."
Fiction book (2001) -
Au revoir,my dear.
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Au revoir, dear lady.
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I just wanted to say au revoir and thank you for your help.
Synonyms
∞
8.4
A friendly way to say goodbye when you expect to meet again
∞
1.0
Words people say when they leave each other
306
1.0
A short word or action people use when they leave each other
279
1.1
A friendly informal way to say goodbye when leaving
199
1.9
A speech or action that says goodbye and wishes someone well
165
1.0
A polite greeting or farewell used in the evening
131
1.0
A polite or formal way to say goodbye when parting
77
6.3
A casual word for goodbye used when leaving someone
59
1.0
Words or actions people use when they leave
50
4.4
Words or actions people use when they leave each other
34
7.2
A word people use to say goodbye
31
8.6
A goodbye used when someone leaves for a long time
17
8.9
A friendly way to say goodbye
11
9.8
A friendly way to say goodbye
1
3.0
A short phrase people say when they leave each other
1
8.9
A French greeting or farewell people say in the evening to mean good evening
A German phrase people use to say goodbye
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
au + revoir
The phrase is compositionally built from French elements meaning roughly 'to/at the seeing again' (au + revoir), which transparently conveys 'until we see each other again' → farewell. Although the words are not English, if a learner knows the constituent meanings the overall sense is directly derivable and matches a common cross-linguistic parting construction.
Etymology
Au revoir comes from French: au means 'to' and revoir means 'see again'. So it began as a wish 'to see you again', and today it is a polite way to say 'goodbye' when you expect to meet someone again.