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Au Revoir

Definition: Au Revoir

Au Revoir

Noun

1. A farewell remark; "they said their good-byes".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Au Revoir

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Literature

Au Revoir (French). "Good bye for the present." Literally, till seeing you again. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Au Revoir

Synonyms: adieu (n), adios (n), arrivederci (n), auf wiedersehen (n), bye (n), bye-bye (n), cheerio (n), good day (n), goodby (n), good-by (n), goodbye (n), good-bye (n), sayonara (n), so long (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Au Revoir

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Departure

Interjection: begone!; (ejection); farewell! adieu! goodbye! good day! au revoir! fare you well! God bless you! God speed! all aboard! auf wiedersehen! au plaisir de vous revoir! bon voyage! gluckliche Reise! vive valeque!

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Au Revoir

Specialty definitions using "au revoir": HOLMESPATTI. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Au Revoir" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (bye, bye bye, cheerio, good bye, goodbye, pip pip, so long).

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Modern Usage: Au Revoir

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Au revoir M. Grock (1949)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Au Revoir

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Books

  • Au revoir les enfants ; 2nd, Lacombe, Lucien (reference)

  • Au Revoir, Sarnia Cherie : Good-bye Dear Guernsey (reference)

  • Les déportés d'Avon : enquête autour du film de Louis Malle, Au revoir les enfants (reference)

  • L'impossible au revoir : l'enfance de l'un des derniers maillons de la chaîne, 1933-1945 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Au Revoir

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Au revoir! I'll keep up with you just the same!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Au Revoir. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Modern Translation: Au Revoir

Language Translations for "au revoir"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

mirupafshim (adieu, bye, bye bye, good buy, good bye, so long). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

довиждане (cheerio, good bye, so long, ta-ta). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εισ το επανείδειν. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"תראות (adieu, be seen, cheerio, farewell, good bye, meet, so long). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

viszontlátásra (adieu, bye, bye bye, cheerio, farewell, good bye, goodbye, so long). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

オールトの雲 (all back, all locations, all pass, all risks, all-night, all-purpose, all-round, all-round player, almighty, aurora, euthanasia, good by, OAPEC, oasis, Oedipus, old boy, old fan, Old Guard, old maid, Old Parr, old power, old-fashioned, old-timer, Oort's cloud, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, Orlon, oyster). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

オールボアール (good by). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

auay evoirray

   

Romanian

  

sã ne vedem sãnãtoşi (I hope soon to see you again, see you again, till next time, till we meet again). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

до свидания (good bye, goodby, good-by, good-bye, so long, tata). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

doviđenja (good bye). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hasta la vista (bye, bye bye, cheerio, good bye, goodbye, see you soon, so long). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

allahaısmarladık (adieu, good bye, goodbye), güle güle (ave, bye bye, farewell, good bye, goodbye, take care, take care of yourself), görüşmek üzere. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

до побачення (good afternoon, good bye, good evening, see you soon, so long). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ch o tạm biệt. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Au Revoir

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-o-r-r-u-v"

-2 letters: arrive, ourari, varier.

-3 letters: airer, aiver, aurei, ourie, raver, river, rover, uraei, urare, urari, vireo.

-4 letters: aero, arvo, aver, euro, orra, over, rare, rave, rear, rive, roar, roue, rove, ruer, urea, uvea, vair, vera, vier.

-5 letters: air, are, ave, avo, ear, eau, era, err, ire, oar, ora, ore, our, ova, rei, rev, ria, roe.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-o-r-r-u-v"
 

+1 letter: savourier.

 

+3 letters: arboviruses, rotaviruses, vituperator.

 

+4 letters: boulevardier, overmaturity, parvoviruses, vituperators, vituperatory.

 

+5 letters: arteriovenous, boulevardiers, revolutionary, rhabdoviruses, subversionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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