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Adios vs Adieu - What's the difference?

adios | adieu | Synonyms |

Adieu is a synonym of adios.



As interjections the difference between adios and adieu

is that adios is goodbye while adieu is said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.

As a noun adieu is

a farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.

adios

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (Spanish) goodbye

    • Synonyms

    * addio, adieu, aloha, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, cheers, ciao, farewell, good-by, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, shalom, ayubowan, so long, do svidanya (goodbye) ----

    adieu

    English

    Usage notes

    Although the above pronunciations are usually used in American and RP English, neither is the standard pronunciation in French.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
  • * 1599 ,
    • BEATRICE. What fire is in mine ears? Can this be true?
    Stand I condemn'd for pride and scorn so much?
    Contempt, farewell! and maiden pride, adieu !
    No glory lives behind the back of such.

    Synonyms

    * addio, adios, aloha, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, cheers, ciao, farewell, good-by, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, shalom, so long

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.
    • We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.

    Usage notes

    Particularly used in phrase bid adieu.

    Derived terms

    * bid adieu