Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • interjection Used to express farewell.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Adieu; good-by.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • interjection Adieu; farewell; good-by; -- chiefly used among Spanish-speaking people.

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  • interjection goodbye

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a farewell remark

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish adiós, from a Diós, to God : a, to (from Latin ad; see ad–) + Dios, God (from Latin deus; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots).]

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From Spanish adiós

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  • The correct form is adiós

    October 22, 2007