English → Latin
“adieu” in Latin
valeōto have strength, influence, power; to avail; to be well, healthy, sound; to be worth, be worthyrenūntiōto report or announce; to reject, retract, renounce or revokevītalife; living, support, subsistence; a way of lifevitiumflaw, defect, blemish, imperfection; vice; crime, wrongdoing, misdeed, sin, error, fault
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adieu
vale! valeas! To bid adieu to anybody, aliquem salvere jubeo; alicui valedicere (Silver Age, and poetical). To bid a final adieu, supremum valedicere. Figuratively, to bid adieu to (e.g., life, vice), renuntiare (vitae, vitiis).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adieu?
- The usual Latin words for “adieu” are valeō, renūntiō, vīta; also vitium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.