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# adieu

noun (adieus or adieux); interjection

«adieu» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Goodbye; a farewell, said when parting, often for a long time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adieu/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, the farewell a hero says when leaving a friend or a place

### Examples

- "Adieu, my friend," she said. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adieu/#x1)
- Heracles bade him adieu and departed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adieu/#x2)
- He waved adieu from the boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adieu/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «adieu» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adieu/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«adieu» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/adieu.html) on Mova free.