how to pronounce adieu

/əˈdjuː/

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adieu is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of adieu in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… together without further adieu hope you …”

meaning of adieu

Adieu means goodbye.

adieu frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word adieu occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics adieu can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that adieu can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;