adjø

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French adieu, from à Dieu (“to God”), in the sense "may God be with you." Same origin as Swedish adjö and Norwegian Bokmål adjø. Compare Spanish adiós, Catalan adéu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /adjø/, [aˈd̥jø]
  • Rhymes: -ø

Interjection

adjø

  1. goodbye, farewell
    Jeg blir desværre nødt til at gå nu", sagde hun,- adjø. (from Månen over Bella Bio by Bjarne Reuter)
    Unfortunately, I must go now", she said,- farewell.

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Noun use of the identical interjection.

Noun

adjø n (definite singular adjøet, indefinite plural adjø or adjøer, definite plural adjøa or adjøene)

  1. an adieu, a farewell, a goodbye
    Med et siste adjø dro hun.
    With a final farewell, she left.
    De utvekslet et hastig adjø.
    They exchanged a quick goodbye.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From French adieu, from à Dieu, "to God", in the sense "may God be with you." Same origin as Swedish adjö and Danish adjøs and adjø. Compare Spanish adiós.

Interjection

adjø

  1. goodbye, farewell
    Adjø, da!
    Goodbye then!
    Adjø så lenge.
    Farewell for now.
Synonyms

References
  • “adjø” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “adjoe” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Noun use of the identical interjection.

Noun

adjø

  1. an adieu, a farewell, a goodbye
    Med eit siste adjø drog ho.
    With a final farewell, she left.
    Dei utveksla eit hastig adjø.
    They exchanged a quick goodbye.
Inflection
Inflection of adjø
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Nynorsk n adjø adjøet adjø adjøa
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From French adieu, from à Dieu, "to God", in the sense "may God be with you." Same origin as Swedish adjö and Danish adjø. Compare Spanish adiós.

Interjection

adjø

  1. goodbye, farewell
    Adjø, då!
    Goodbye then!
    Adjø så lenge.
    Farewell for now.
Synonyms

References
  • “adjø” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “adjoe” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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