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# adieu

«adieu» in Mova's school dictionary: **Goodbye; a farewell, said when parting, often for a long…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (adieus or adieux); interjection

### meaning for a pupil

Goodbye; a farewell, said when parting, often for a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adieu/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, the farewell a hero says when leaving a friend or a place

### examples

- "Adieu, my friend," she said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adieu/#x1)
- Heracles bade him adieu and departed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adieu/#x2)
- He waved adieu from the boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adieu/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «adieu» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adieu/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.