English
Etymology
Loaned from French with relatively formal but otherwise identical meaning, possibly due to the cumbersome nature of formal English equivalents.
Pronunciation
Run together as IPA|/���ɹ��vw��/ or IPA|/��ɹ�vw��/, or pronounced as in French, IPA|/o���.vwa�/.
Interjection
en-intj
#goodbye till we meet again, (a more formal version of) see you later
#*2001, Jack Hassell of the Object Management Group, Au Revoir! (viewed on OMG message board archive at http://www.omg.org/archives/dtc/msg03667.html on 9 May 2006) - After about 40++ TC meetings and over seven years, it's time to say "au revoir" - at least for now.
French
Pronunciation
IPA|/o���.vwa�/
Interjection
au revoir
- see ya, see you later, goodbye
de:au revoir
et:au revoir
fr:au revoir
io:au revoir
it:au revoir
fi:au revoir
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