adj
Meaning 1
Parting, valedictory, final.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a farewell discourse; the band's farewell tour
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
farewell
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /fɛəˈwɛl/
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General-American: /fɛɹˈwɛl/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /feːˈwel/
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New-Zealand: /ˈfeəˈwel/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/ˈfiəˈwel/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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Scotland: /ˈfeɹˈwɛl/
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/ˈfɜː(ɹ)ˈwɛl/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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obsolete: /fɑːɹˈwɛl/
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obsolete: /fæɹˈwɛl/
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rhymes with -ɛl
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CMU ARPABET: F EH2 R W EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
intj
Meaning 2
Goodbye
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He said "Farewell!" and left.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adieu, vale
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A hamlet in Farewell and Chorley parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0811).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He bid farewell to all of his fans.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goodbye, adieu, vale, leave
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A departure; the act of leaving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leave
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To bid farewell or say goodbye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
the act of departing politely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he disliked long farewells
- he took his leave
- parting is such sweet sorrow
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leave, leave-taking, parting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: departure, going, going away, leaving
Narrower terms: valediction
noun
Meaning 9
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: word of farewell
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acknowledgment, acknowledgement
Narrower terms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long, bon voyage, send-off, good morning, morning, good afternoon, afternoon, good night
History
Etymology
From Middle English farewel, from fare wel! (and the variants with the personal pronoun "fare ye well" and "fare you well" used in the Renaissance), an imperative expression, possibly further derived from Old English *far wel!, equivalent to fare (“to fare, travel, journey”) + well. Compare Scots farewele, fairweill (“farewell”), Saterland Frisian Foarwäil (“farewell”), West Frisian farwol (“farewell”), German Fahrwol, Fahrwohl, East Frisian forwal, Dutch vaarwel (“farewell (sadly)”), Danish farvel (“farewell”), Norwegian farvel (“farewell”), Swedish farväl (“farewell”), Faroese farvæl (“goodbye”), Icelandic far vel (“farewell”). The extensive list of cognates suggests a postulated ultimate Proto-Germanic phrase of origin, possibly something akin to *far wela.
From fare + well.
Across languages
Translations
162 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: vaarwel — parting, valedictory, final
- Bulgarian: прощален (proštalen) — parting, valedictory, final
- Dutch: vaarwel — parting, valedictory, final
- Esperanto: adiaŭa — parting, valedictory, final
- Estonian: hüvastijätu- — parting, valedictory, final
- Finnish: jäähyväis- — parting, valedictory, final
- Greek: αποχαιρετιστήριος (apochairetistírios) — parting, valedictory, final
- Macedonian: проштален (proštalen) — parting, valedictory, final
- Macedonian: разделбен (razdelben) — parting, valedictory, final
- Polish: pożegnalny — parting, valedictory, final
- Portuguese: de despedida — parting, valedictory, final
- Russian: проща́льный (proščálʹnyj) — parting, valedictory, final
- Serbo-Croatian: završan — parting, valedictory, final
- Serbo-Croatian: završni — parting, valedictory, final
- Serbo-Croatian: konačan — parting, valedictory, final
- Serbo-Croatian: konačni — parting, valedictory, final
- Swedish: compounds with avsked — parting, valedictory, final
- Welsh: ymadawol — parting, valedictory, final
- Arabic: وَدَاعًا (wadāʕan) — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Chinese: 順風 /顺风 (sūn-hong) — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Chinese Mandarin: 再見 /再见 (zàijiàn) — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Danish: farvel — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Dutch: vaarwel — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Esperanto: adiaŭ — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Estonian: hüvasti — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Estonian: jumalaga — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Ancient Greek: ἔρρωσο (érrhōso) — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Ancient Greek: ἔρρωσθε (érrhōsthe) — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Ancient Greek: χαῖρε (khaîre) — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Ancient Greek: χαίρετε (khaírete) — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Hungarian: ég veled — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Hungarian: ég önnel — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Hungarian: Isten veled — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Hungarian: Isten önnel — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Sranan Tongo: adyosi — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Sranan Tongo: kroboi — Goodbye — see also goodbye
- Afrikaans: vaarwel — a wish of happiness at parting
- Albanian: lamtumirë — a wish of happiness at parting
- Arabic: وَدَاع (wadāʕ) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Central Bikol: paaram — a wish of happiness at parting
- Bulgarian: сбогом (sbogom) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Catalan: adeu — a wish of happiness at parting
- Catalan: comiat — a wish of happiness at parting
- Cherokee: ᏙᎾᏓᎪᎲᎢ (donadagohvi) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Cherokee: ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ (dodadagohvi) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Ngazidja Comorian: aridjalia — a wish of happiness at parting
- Czech: sbohem — a wish of happiness at parting
- Danish: farvel — a wish of happiness at parting
- Dutch: vaarwel — a wish of happiness at parting
- Esperanto: adiaŭo — a wish of happiness at parting
- Estonian: hüvastijätt — a wish of happiness at parting
- Estonian: jumalagajätt — a wish of happiness at parting
- Finnish: hyvästely — a wish of happiness at parting
- Finnish: jäähyväiset — a wish of happiness at parting
- Finnish: hyvää matkaa — a wish of happiness at parting
- French: adieu — a wish of happiness at parting
- West-Frisian: farwol — a wish of happiness at parting
- Galician: adeus — a wish of happiness at parting
- Galician: que vaia ben — a wish of happiness at parting
- German: Lebewohl — a wish of happiness at parting
- German: Adieu — a wish of happiness at parting
- Greek: αποχαιρετισμός (apochairetismós) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Greek: αντίο (antío) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Hungarian: istenhozzád — a wish of happiness at parting
- Ido: adio — a wish of happiness at parting
- Igbo: ijèọma — a wish of happiness at parting
- Indonesian: selamat tinggal — a wish of happiness at parting
- Italian: addio — a wish of happiness at parting
- Japanese: さようなら (sayōnara) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Japanese: ご機嫌よう (gokigen'yō) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Japanese: 別れ (wakare) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Lithuanian: atsisveikinimas — a wish of happiness at parting
- Macedonian: збогување (zboguvanje) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Macedonian: проштавање (proštavanje) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Māori: poroaki — a wish of happiness at parting
- Māori: poroporoaki — a wish of happiness at parting
- Norwegian Bokmål: farvel — a wish of happiness at parting
- Norwegian Nynorsk: farvel — a wish of happiness at parting
- Polish: pożegnanie — a wish of happiness at parting
- Portuguese: adeus — a wish of happiness at parting
- Punjabi: اللہ دے حَوالے — a wish of happiness at parting
- Punjabi: رَبّ رَکّھ (rabb rakkh) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Russian: проща́ние (proščánije) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Russian: с бо́гом (s bógom) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Scottish Gaelic: soraidh — a wish of happiness at parting
- Slovene: zbogom — a wish of happiness at parting
- Spanish: adiós — a wish of happiness at parting
- Sranan Tongo: waka bun — a wish of happiness at parting
- Sranan Tongo: kroboi — a wish of happiness at parting
- Swedish: farväl — a wish of happiness at parting
- Tagalog: paalam — a wish of happiness at parting
- Ukrainian: проща́ння (proščánnja) — a wish of happiness at parting
- Yámana: halajélla — a wish of happiness at parting
- Afrikaans: afskeid — an act of departure
- Arabic: فِرَاق (firāq) — an act of departure
- Arabic: وَدَاع (wadāʕ) — an act of departure
- Bengali: বিদায় (bidaẏ) — an act of departure
- Bulgarian: сбогуване (sboguvane) — an act of departure
- Chinese Mandarin: 告別 /告别 (gàobié) — an act of departure
- Chinese Mandarin: 送別 /送别 (sòngbié) — an act of departure
- Danish: afsked — an act of departure
- Dutch: afscheid — an act of departure
- Estonian: hüvastijätt — an act of departure
- Estonian: lahkumine — an act of departure
- Finnish: jäähyväiset — an act of departure
- Finnish: hyvästely — an act of departure
- Galician: despedida — an act of departure
- German: Abschied — an act of departure
- German: Adieu — an act of departure
- German: Lebewohl — an act of departure
- Greek: αποχαιρετισμός (apochairetismós) — an act of departure
- Hungarian: búcsú — an act of departure
- Hungarian: búcsúzás — an act of departure
- Hungarian: elbúcsúzás — an act of departure
- Italian: addio — an act of departure
- Japanese: お別れ (o-wakare) — an act of departure
- Japanese: 告別 (kokubetsu) — an act of departure
- Japanese: 送別 (sōbetsu) — an act of departure
- Latvian: atsveicināšanās — an act of departure
- Lithuanian: atsisveikinimas — an act of departure
- Macedonian: разделба (razdelba) — an act of departure
- Macedonian: заминување (zaminuvanje) — an act of departure
- Macedonian: кинисување (kinisuvanje) — an act of departure
- Māori: wehenga — an act of departure
- Māori: haerenga atu — an act of departure
- Norwegian Bokmål: avskjed — an act of departure
- Norwegian Nynorsk: avskjed — an act of departure
- Polish: pożegnanie — an act of departure
- Portuguese: despedida — an act of departure
- Russian: проща́ние (proščánije) — an act of departure
- Slovene: slovo — an act of departure
- Spanish: despedida — an act of departure
- Swedish: farväl — an act of departure
- Swedish: avsked — an act of departure
- Ukrainian: проща́ння (proščánnja) — an act of departure
- Afrikaans: afskeid neem — bid farewell
- Breton: kimiadiñ — bid farewell
- Chinese Mandarin: 告別 /告别 (gàobié) — bid farewell
- Dutch: afscheid nemen — bid farewell
- Esperanto: adiaŭi — bid farewell
- Estonian: hüvasti jätma — bid farewell
- Estonian: jätma hüvasti — bid farewell
- Finnish: hyvästellä — bid farewell
- French: prendre congé — bid farewell
- French: dire adieu — bid farewell
- French: faire ses adieux — bid farewell
- German: Lebewohl sagen — bid farewell
- Greek: αποχαιρετώ (apochairetó) — bid farewell
- Indonesian: pamit — bid farewell
- Japanese: さよならする — bid farewell
- Japanese: 別れを告げる (wakare o tsugeru) — bid farewell
- Japanese: いとまごいする (itomagoi suru) — bid farewell
- Māori: poroaki — bid farewell
- Māori: poroporoaki — bid farewell
- Old English: grētan — bid farewell
- Polish: żegnać się — bid farewell
- Polish: pożegnać się — bid farewell
- Portuguese: despedir-se — bid farewell
- Russian: проща́ться (proščátʹsja) — bid farewell
- Spanish: despedirse — bid farewell
- Swedish: ta avsked — bid farewell
- Tagalog: paalam — bid farewell
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