au revoir en · INTJ
Pronunciation
- /ɔʁ ˈvwaʁ/ (UK)
- /ˌɑ.ɹə ˈvwɑɹ/ (US)
- /o.ʁə ˈvwaʁ/ (UK)
- /ˌəʊ.ɹə ˈvwɑː/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ˌoʊ.ɹə ˈvwɑɹ/ (US)
- /ɔːɹ ˈvwɑː/ (UK)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French au revoir, with relatively formal but otherwise identical meaning, possibly due to the cumbersome nature of formal English equivalents.
Meanings
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Goodbye; till we meet again.
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 https://web.archive.org/web/20050123185851/http://www.omg.org/archives/dtc/msg03667.html After about 40++ TC meetings and over seven years, it's time to say "au revoir" - at least for now.
To feed the family four hot dogs, two beers, two sodas, and a tray of nachos, you can kiss another Ulysses Grant au revoir (hey, you might as well learn a few foreign phrases while studying sports).
2015, David George Surdam, “Economics”, in Trey Strecker, Steven P. Gietschier, Mitchell Nathanson, John A. Fortunato, David George Surdam, Understanding Baseball: A Textbook, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 83:
Synonyms
see you later alligator · farewell · see ya · adieu · tinkety-tonk · so long · shalom · I have to love you and leave you · cheerio · aloha · auf Wiedersehen · chur · toodles · sayonara · keep it real · cheery-bye · peace out · Godspeed · ta-ta · later · laters · bye · see you in the funny papers · cheers · smell ya later · badbye · see you later · TTFN · ciao · adios · tatty bye · toodle-oo · BCNU · good day · ttyl · have a nice day · au revoir · take care · arrivederci · see you · catch you later · see you after · toodle-pip · late · baby · smell you later · hooroo · hasta la vista · bye-bye
Translations (17)
pt até mais (Translations) · fi näkemiin (Translations) · ia a revider (Translations) · pl do widzenia (Translations) · el στο επανιδείν (Translations) · yue 再見 /再见 (Translations) · bg довиждане (Translations) · el ορεβουάρ (Translations) · ms jumpa lagi (Translations) · ca a reveure (Translations) · es hasta la vista (Translations) · id sampai jumpa (Translations) · es adiós (Translations) · ja また今度 (Translations) · cmn 再見 /再见 (Translations) · fr au revoir (Translations) · id selamat tinggal (Translations)