adeu

• adéu (pre-2016)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈðew]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈðew]

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adeu

1. (literally) (go) to God
2. goodbye

adeu m (plural adeus)

1. an utterance of goodbye

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• IPA^(key): /aˈdeu̯/
• Rhymes: -eu̯
• Syllabification: a‧deu

adeu (feminine adea, masculine plural adeus, feminine plural adeas)

1. (Mañegu) acid, acidic

   Synonym: (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) ácidu

2. (Lagarteiru) sour, rancid
3. (Lagarteiru, figurative) Of a man: obscene

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

adeu (uncountable)

1. Orkney form of adae

• “adeu”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.