how to pronounce farewell

/ˌfɛəˈwɛl/

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farewell is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… silks and he bade her farewell algorithm …”

meaning of farewell

Farewell means a final farewell.

farewell frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word farewell occurs in english on average 7.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.