Au Revoir Definition

ō rə-vwär
interjection
Used to express farewell.
American Heritage
Until we meet again; goodbye.
Webster's New World

Goodbye till we meet again.

Wiktionary

Origin of Au Revoir

  • Borrowing from French with relatively formal but otherwise identical meaning, possibly due to the cumbersome nature of formal English equivalents.

    From Wiktionary

  • French au till the revoir seeing again

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Au Revoir Sentence Examples

  • He said " Au revoir " to me - which I thought a little tactless.

  • His dad was leaving for work, and there was the usual kisses and waves and " say au revoir to Papa, S!

  • She disagreed, and bade au revoir to her favorite mosaic, the " unswept floor " in the Vatican.

  • Before opening the door, turn and find the shopkeeper/host/hostess and say au revoir madame/monsieur or merci madame/monsieur…au revoir!.

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