adjø
Danish
Alternative forms
- adjes (obsolete)
- adjøs
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
- 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
- farvel
References
- "adjøs" entry in Dictionary of the Danish Language from 1700 - 1950
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- adjøss
Etymology 1
Noun use of the identical interjection.
Noun
adjø n (definite singular adjøet, indefinite plural adjø or adjøer, definite plural adjøa or adjøene)
- 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
- avskjed
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
- goodbye, farewell
- Adjø, da!
- Goodbye then!
- Adjø så lenge.
- Farewell for now.
Synonyms
- farvel
- ha det
- ha det bra
- hei
- lev vel
- på gjensyn
References
- “adjø” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “adjoe” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- adjøss
Etymology 1
Noun use of the identical interjection.
Noun
adjø
- 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
- avskil
- avskjed
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
- goodbye, farewell
- Adjø, då!
- Goodbye then!
- Adjø så lenge.
- Farewell for now.
Synonyms
- farvel
- ha det
- ha det bra
- hei
- lev vel
- på gjensyn
References
- “adjø” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “adjoe” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.