Farewell

  

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Farewell

Definition: Farewell

Farewell

Adjective

1. Of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address".

Noun

1. An acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting.

2. The act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "farewell" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Farewell

DomainDefinition

Dream Interpretation

To dream of bidding farewell, is not very favorable, as you are likely to hear unpleasant news of absent friends.
For a young woman to bid her lover farewell, portends his indifference to her. If she feels no sadness in this farewell, she will soon find others to comfort her. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Farewell

Synonyms: farewell(a) (adj), valedictory (adj), leave (n), leave-taking (n), parting (n), word of farewell (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Farewell

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Departure

Leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista; stirrup cup; valedictorian.

Interjection: begone!; (ejection); farewell! adieu! goodbye! good day! au revoir! fare you well! God bless you! God speed! all aboard! auf wiedersehen! au plaisir de vous revoir! bon voyage! gluckliche Reise! vive valeque!

Disrepute

Noun: disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor; disapprobation; ingloriousness, derogation; abasement, debasement; abjectness; Adjective: degradation, dedecoration; a long farewell to all my greatness; odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy.

Loss

Interjection: farewell to! adieu to.

Relinquishment

Verb: relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch; go back on; depart from, secede from, withdraw from; back out of; leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell; vacate; (resign).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Farewell

English words defined with "farewell": adieu, adios, afternoon, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehenbaccalaureate, Baccalaureate sermon, bye, bye-byecheeriogood afternoon, good day, good morning, good night, good-by, good-byeMillstone girt, morningsay farewell, sayonara, so long, stirrup cupTo shake handsvalediction, valedictory, valedictory address. (references)
Specialty definitions using "farewell": CARUSOKUBELIKLilburne, Luck of Eden HallThese, ThoseWASHINGTON. (references)
Etymologies containing "farewell": valediction. (references)

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Modern Usage: Farewell

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Farewell, Ethel Barrymore, I must tear myself from your side (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

Well gentlemen, now that the moment has come to bid you farewell, I congratulate both you, Doctor, and you, Professor, on your brilliant work in the development of the submarine tracking system (The Spy Who Loved Me; writing credit: Christopher Wood)

Farewell. (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton)

What about the farewell drugs (Sid and Nancy; writing credit: Alex Cox; Abbe Wool)

Farewell, Leicester Bloody Square (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Movie/TV Titles

Farewell the Seekers (1968)

Young People's Concerts: Farewell to Nationalism (1964)

Farewell Performance (1962)

A Farewell to Arms (1957)

Farewell Oak Street (1953)

Song Titles

Jamaica Farewell (performing artist: Harry Belafonte)

Farewell to Ireland (performing artist: The Dalraida Brothers)

The Last Farewell (performing artist: Roger Whittaker)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Farewell

DomainTitle

Books

  • Farewell to Shady Glade (reference)

  • Farewell, My Lovely (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) (reference)

  • Stone of Farewell (reference)

  • Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Farewell My Concubine (reference)

  • Farewell, My Lovely (reference)

  • Oingo Boingo - Farewell (Live from the Universal Amphitheatre) (reference)

  • A Farewell to Arms (reference)

  • Dragon Ball Z - Majin Buu - A Hero's Farewell (Uncut) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Farewell

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Photo Album: Farewell

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Farewell to Spring (Clarkia amoena) at Upper Table Rock. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

[Army Nurses share farewell cake]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Scientific directors at Dr. Robert W. Berliner's farewell dinner]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The farewell of the cow, rabbit, and kangaroo. Credit: Library of Congress.

Father Time waving farewell to cowed woman. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farewell, American soldiers!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farewell to the old church. Credit: Library of Congress.

S.S. Majestic, outward bound, a last farewell. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farewell to the Army. Warrenton, 1862. Credit: Library of Congress.

Japanese-American volunteers. Our new combat soldiers. Here they are--nearly 3,000 new American soldiers of Japanese ancestry--assembled at Oilani Palace grounds, Honolulu, for the farewell ceremony honoring them en masse. The new soldiers marched from th. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Farewell
 

"Little hedgehog" by Thomas Michael Burgey, Germany
Commentary: "We found this little guy on the middle of the street in soller, mallorca, spain. the poor guy passed away that night. farewell, little iglesio!."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Farewell

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

Those to whom we say farewell, are welcomed by others.

Gaius Valerius Catullus

And forever, O my brother, hail and farewell!

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.

Meleager

Farewell, Morning Star, herald of dawn, and quickly come as the Evening Star, bringing again in secret her whom thou takest away.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Farewell

TitleAuthorQuote

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

Here you go wrong in your arithmetic, and I must, however reluctantly, bid you farewell.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Jean Valjean went out, leaving Cosette astounded at that enigmatic farewell.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Farewell! O farewell

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Bid me farewell.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

They pushed off immediately, advising me to make haste, for fear of being overtaken by the tide, and so bade me farewell.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Speeches: Farewell

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969I rejected and rejected and then finally accepted the congressional leadership's invitation to come here to speak this farewell to you in person tonight.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Douglas MacArthur made an unforgettable farewell to a country he had loved and served so well.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Farewell

"Farewell" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.53% of the time. "Farewell" is used about 714 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)88.53%63210,281
Interjection11.19%8037,112
Noun (proper)0.28%2245,945
                    Total100.00%714N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Farewell

Expressions using "farewell": affectionate farewell bid a long farewell bid farewell bid farewell to bid smb. farewell did farewell to farewell celebration farewell dinner farewell lunch farewell party Farewell rock farewell speech farewell visit Interjection: farewell to! adieu to say farewell take one's farewell of throw a farewell party wave a farewell word of farewell. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Farewell

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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624

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22

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163

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21

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21

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148

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19

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148

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19

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110

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19

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95

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19

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91

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87

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17

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72

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16

ashokan farewell

64

1 eagle farewell tour

15

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56

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15

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54

eagle farewell i tour

15

farewell my concubine

40

idea for farewell party

15

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37

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14

farewell greeting

28

farewell note

14

farewell song

24

farewell to friend poem

14

farewell invitation

23

eagle farewell ticket tour

12

cher farewell concert

23

jamaica farewell

12

farewell invitation party

23

a farewell to arms ernest hemingway

12

farewell to king

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Modern Translation: Farewell

Language Translations for "farewell"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

afskeid (goodbye), adieu (adieu, bye, goodbye). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

udha e mbarë, nisje (blastoff, commencement, departure, despatch, dispatch, initiation, lift off, offset, outset, parting, sailing, start), ndahem (be divided, bust up, disunite, fall into, secede, split up), lamtumirë (adieu, cheerio, good bye, leave taking, vale, valediction, waygoing). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فراق (departure, parting, separation), ‏وداعي, ‏وداعا (bye bye, cheerio, good bye, pip pip), ‏وداع (good bye, vale, valediction), ‏حفلة لتكريم فلان, ‏توديع (leave taking, valediction). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сбогуване (adieu, leave, leave taking, valediction), сбогом (adieu, good bye), на добър час (good luck), на добър път, прощавай, прощаване (adieu, leave, leave taking, parting, valediction), прощален (parting, valedictory). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

送別 , (secrets), 告别. (various references)

   

Czech

  

rozlouèení (leave, parting, send off, valediction), rozchod (dismiss, fall out, Gage, gauge, parting, track gauge). (various references)

   

Danish

  

farvel (adieu, bye, goodbye, good-bye), afsked (goodbye, good-bye). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vaarwel (adieu, bye, goodbye, good-bye), adieu (adieu, bye, goodbye, good-bye). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

adiaŭo (goodbye, good-bye), adiaŭ (adieu, bye, goodbye, good-bye). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

farvæl (adieu, bye, goodbye). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

jäähyväiset (parting), hyvästi (adieu, bye, goodbye, good-bye!), erojuhla, erojaisjuhla. (various references)

   

French

  

adieu. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

farwol (adieu, bye, goodbye), ôfskie (goodbye). (various references)

   

German

  

lebewohl (adieu, good bye, vale), Lebe wohl (adieu, bye, goodbye), adieu (adieu, bye, goodbye), abschied (dismissal, goodbye, leave, parting, resignation, valediction). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αντίο (adieu, cheerio, goodbye), αποχαιρετισμόσ (leave taking, valediction), αποχαιρετισμός. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

להתראות (adieu, au revoir, be seen, cheerio, good bye, meet, so long), של פרידה, פרידה (departure, leave, parting), פרדה (departure, leave, leave taking, parting), היה שלום (good bye), צאתך לשלום. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

búcsú (departure, good bye, goodbye, kermis, leave, leave taking, parting, quietus, saint's-day, send-off). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

bless (adieu, bye, goodbye, so long). (various references)

   

Irish

  

slÚn (adieu, bye, goodbye), slán, beannacht (adieu, blessing, bye, goodbye). (various references)

   

Italian

  

addio (adieu, bye, bye bye, goodbye), congedo (disbandment, discharge, dismissal, furlough, goodbye, leave, release). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

送別 (send-off), (free time, leave, leisure, spare time), 見送り (escort, seeing one off), お別れ , 暇  (free time, leave, leisure, spare time), (free time, leave, leisure, spare time), 決別 (separation), さらけ出す (fluently, Mr or Mrs, murmuring, rustling, to confess, to disclose, to expose, to lay bare), あの方 (ah, airhead, ambiguous, cartoon character, contrary, fool, frankly, good-bye, he, inverse, kind of cookie, oaf, oh, opposite, saw-edged perch, she, that gentleman, to dandle, to fail in getting a job, uncertain, vague), 告別 (leave-taking), 別れ  (parting, separation), 別れ (branch, division, fork, offshoot, parting, section, separation). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おわかれ, そうべつ (generally, send-off), ひま (castor oil plant, free time, leave, leisure, spare time), さらば , かん (admiration, advise, appearance, best, building, can, cap, casket, coffin, cold season, coldest days of the year, crown, designating, diadem, emotion, emperor, encourage, feeling, first, free time, guesthouse, hall, heaven, hotel, house, impression, initiating on coming of age, inn, intuition, just, kan, leave, leisure, letter, look, love of peace, midwinter, naming, nerves, offer, peerless, perception, pipe, recommend, reel, right, sensation, spare time, spectacle, strong, temper, the sixth sense, tin, top character radical, trunk, tube, volume, warship, writing brush), いとま (free time, leave, leisure, spare time), こくべつ (leave-taking), あばよ (good-bye), わかれ (branch, division, fork, offshoot, parting, section, separation), けつべつ (parting, separation), みおくり (escort, seeing one off). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

작별. (various references)

   

Lombard

  

se vedom (adieu, bye, goodbye). (various references)

   

Manx

  

slane lhieu, slane ayd (adieu, ave, bye-bye, cheerio, good afternoon, good afternoon depart, good bye), bannaght lhiat (adieu, cheerio), aigh vie (fortune, good luck). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

farvell, farvel (adieu, bye, goodbye, good-bye), morna (adieu, bye, goodbye), ha det (adieu, bye, goodbye), avskjed (dismissal). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

tanten (adieu, bye, goodbye), so long (adieu, bye, goodbye), despedida (goodbye), ayo (adieu, bye, goodbye). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arewellfay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

pożegnanie (goodbye), żegnaj (adieu, bye, goodbye). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

adeus (adieu, bye, goodbye, good-bye, vale, valediction), despedida (adieu, dismissal, good-bye, parting, vale, valediction). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

vã las cu bine (good bye), rãmas bun (adieu, good bye, vale, valediction), mergi cu bine (good speed, I wish you a pleasant journey), la revedere (bye bye, cheerio, good bye, I hope soon to see you again, see you soon, so long, till next time), adio (adieu, all over, good bye, valediction). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

прощаться (bid farewell, bid goodbye, take leave of), прощайте (adieu, vale), прощание прощальный, прощание (adieu, bye, good bye, leave, leave taking, leave-taking, parting, valediction). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

beannachd leibh (adieu, bye, goodbye), beannachd leat (adieu, bye, goodbye). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zbogom (adieu, good bye), oproštaj (adieu, dispensation, forgiveness, good bye, parting, shrift, valediction). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

adiós (adieu, adios, by-by, bye, bye bye, cheerio, good bye, goodbye), despedida (adieu, discharge, good bye, goodbye, leave, parting, send off, valediction, valedictory). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

adyosi (adieu, bye, goodbye). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

kwa herini (adieu, bye, goodbye, good-bye), kwa heri (adieu, bye, goodbye, good-bye). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

avsked (discharge, dismissal, dismission, goodbye, leave, leave taking, leaving, parting, resignation, valediction), farväl (adieu, good bye, goodbye, valediction). (various references)

   

Thai

  

การกล่าวลา, ลาก่อน. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

veda (adieus, adieux, leave, parting, valediction, valedictory), uğurlar olsun, son (afterbirth, bedrock, close, conclusion, conclusive, curtains, definitive, denouement, end, ending, expiration, expiry, extremity, fate, final, finis, finish, finishing, full, full stop, issue, kiss off, last, late, latest, latter, nth, Omega, outcome, quietus, recent, result, ruination, secundine, sunset, supreme, tail end, terminal, termination, ultimate, upshot), gülegüle (adieu, bye, goodbye), güle güle (au revoir, ave, bye bye, good bye, goodbye, take care, take care of yourself), elveda (adieu, good bye, goodbye, goodday, Vale), allahaismarladik (adieu, bye, goodbye). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

прощатися (bid adieu, bid farewell, take adieu), прощавайте (adieu, good bye), прощання (adieu, adieus, good bye, leave, valediction), прощальний (parting, valedictory). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

lời tam biệt, buổi liên hoan chia tay lời chúc tạm biệt. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ffarwel (adieu), ymadawol (valedictory). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

salani kahle (adieu, bye, goodbye), sala kahle (adieu, bye, goodbye), hambani kahle (adieu, bye, goodbye), hamba kahle (adieu, bye, goodbye). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Farewell

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

ave, supervalebit, valeat, valebant, valebat, valebit, valens, valent, valentes, valenti, valentibus, valet. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Farewell

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 9, Verse 61
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEipen de kai eteroV akolouqhsw soi kurie prwton de epitreyon moi apotaxasqai toiV eiV ton oikon mou
Latin405VulgateEt ait alter sequar te Domine sed primum permitte mihi renuntiare his qui domi sunt
Old English990West Saxonþa cwæð oðer ic fylige þe drihten: ac læt me æryst hit cyþan þam ðe æt ham synt;
Middle English1395WyclifAnd another seide, Lord, Y schal sue thee, but first suffre me to leeue `alle thingis that ben at hoom.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd another sayde: I wyll folowe the Lorde: but let me fyrst goo byd them fare well which are at home at my housse.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.

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Matched Bible Translations: Farewell

LanguageLuke Chapter 9, Verse 61
CebuanoUg dihay lain nga miingon kaniya, "Ginoo, mosunod ako kanimo, apan tugoti una ako sa pagpa-namilit kanila nga atua sa akong panimalay."
CroatianI neki drugi reèe: "Za tobom æu, Gospodine, ali dopusti mi da se prije oprostim sa svojim ukuæanima."
DanishMen også en anden sagde: "Herre! jeg vil følge dig; men tilsted mig først at tage Afsked med dem, som ere i mit Hus."
DutchEn ook een ander zeide: Heere, ik zal U volgen; maar laat mij eerst toe, dat ik afscheid neme van degenen, die in mijn huis zijn.
FinnishVielä eräs toinen sanoi: "Minä tahdon seurata sinua, Herra; mutta salli minun ensin käydä ottamassa jäähyväiset kotiväeltäni".
FrenchUn autre dit: Je te suivrai, Seigneur, mais permets-moi d`aller d`abord prendre congé de ceux de ma maison.
GermanUnd ein anderer sprach: HERR, ich will dir nachfolgen; aber erlaube mir zuvor, daß ich einen Abschied mache mit denen, die in meinem Hause sind.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAda juga seorang lain yang berkata, "Pak, saya mau mengikuti Bapak, tetapi izinkanlah saya pulang dahulu untuk pamit."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka kata seorang yang lain pula, "Hamba hendak mengikut Tuhan; tetapi izinkanlah hamba pulang memberi selamat tinggal kepada seisi rumah hamba."
LatvianUn cits sacîja: Es sekoðu Tev, Kungs, bet atïauj man vispirms atvadîties no tiem, kas mâjâs!
Manx GaelicAs dooyrt fer elley myrgeddin rish Hiarn, eiyr-yms ort-agh lhig dou hoshiaght bannaght y aagail ec y vooinjer t'ec my hie.
MaoriKa mea hoki tetahi atu, E te Ariki, ka aru ahau i a koe; otira tukua ahau kia matua poroporoaki ki te hunga i toku whare.
NorwegianOgså en annen sa: Jeg vil følge dig, Herre! men gi mig først lov til å si farvel til dem der hjemme!
PortugueseJesus, porém, lhe respondeu: Ninguém que lança mão do arado e olha para trás é apto para o reino de Deus.   
RumanianUn altul a zis: ,,Doamne, Te voi urma, dar lasq-mq kntki sq mq duc sq-mi iau rqmas bun dela ai mei.``
RussianеЭЕ ДТХЗПК УЛБЪБМ: С РПКДХ ЪБ фПВПА, зПУРПДЙ! ОП РТЕЦДЕ РПЪЧПМШ НОЕ РТПУФЙФШУС У ДПНБЫОЙНЙ НПЙНЙ.
ShuarNuyá Chíkich Tímiayi "Uuntá, nemarsataj tusan wakerajme. Túrasha Wíi shuaran emka áujsan ikiuweartaj Tsankátrúktá" Tímiayi.
SpanishEntonces también dijo otro: --Te seguiré, Señor, pero primero permite que me despida de los que están en mi casa.
SwahiliNa mtu mwingine akamwambia, "Nitakufuata, lakini niruhusu kwanza nikawaage wale walio nyumbani kwangu."
SwedishÅter en annan sade: "Jag vill följa dig, Herre, men tillstäd mig att först taga avsked av dem som höra till mitt hus."
UmaRia wo'o kahadua-na mpo'uli' -ki Yesus: "Pue', dota moto-a mpotuku' -ko. Aga piliu-a ulu nculii' mpalakana hi ompi' -ku."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Farewell

Derivations

Words beginning with "farewell": farewelled, farewelling, farewells. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Farewell" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: faewell, Fairdell, fairwell, Falewesle, farewel, farewelled, firewell, Karswell. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Farewell"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "farewell" (pronounced fe'rwe"l)
3-w e" ldwell, swell, quell, well.

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Anagrams: Farewell

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-l-l-r-w"

-1 letter: welfare.

-2 letters: faller, feller, refall, refell, reflew.

-3 letters: allee, farle, fella, feral, fewer, flare, fleer, laree, refel, wafer, waler.

-4 letters: alee, alef, awee, earl, ewer, fall, fare, farl, feal, fear, feel, fell, fere, flaw, flea, flee, flew, frae, free, leaf, leal, lear, leer, rale, real, reef, reel, wale, wall, ware, weal, wear, weel, weer.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-l-l-r-w"
 

+1 letter: farewells.

 

+2 letters: farewelled, firewalled.

 

+3 letters: farewelling.

 

+5 letters: blanketflower, caulifloweret.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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