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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Compare Spanish adiós, Catalan adeu.

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

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Noun use of the identical interjection.

Noun

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  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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). 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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) 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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). 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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