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adjø

Danish

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Etymology

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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 adeu.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Noun use of the identical interjection.

Noun

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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.
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Etymology 2

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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

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adjø

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Noun use of the identical interjection.

Noun

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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
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Inflection of adjø
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Nynorsk n adjø adjøet adjø adjøa
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Etymology 2

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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

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adjø

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

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