Complete Definition of "au revoir"

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

  1. 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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