Des aurevoirs, des au-revoirs, des au revoirs ?

French translation: des au revoir

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French term or phrase:Des aurevoirs, des au-revoirs, des au revoirs ?
Selected answer:des au revoir
Entered by: Juan Jacob

16:48 May 3, 2008
French language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
French term or phrase: Des aurevoirs, des au-revoirs, des au revoirs ?
Je ne trouve pas une source sûre... c'est comment ?

"Tu sais, il n'aime pas les xxx."

Merci d'avance.
Juan Jacob
Mexico
Local time: 23:54
des au revoir
Explanation:
il n'aime pas les au revoir
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Silvia Carmignani
Italy
Local time: 07:54
Grading comment
Merci bien. Au revoir.
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +4des au revoir
Silvia Carmignani
4au-revoirs/adieux
liz askew


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
des au revoir


Explanation:
il n'aime pas les au revoir

Silvia Carmignani
Italy
Local time: 07:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci bien. Au revoir.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francoise Perigaut
4 hrs
  -> Merci!

agree  Aude Sylvain: oui, voir p. ex. http://www.scribd.com/doc/9705/Dictees-Pivot-2000 (page 3), ou http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/alexandria/definition.php?terme=a... onglet "conjugaison"
4 hrs
  -> Merci!

agree  Simon Mac: yep, apparently invariable (Robert http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Discuter:aurevoir and http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=367069) so "des au revoir" with no s at all. Apparently "des aurevoirs" also exists but I've never seen that
4 hrs
  -> Merci!

agree  Sylvain Leray: le Petit Robert confirme
17 hrs
  -> Merci!
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
au-revoirs/adieux


Explanation:
Collins Robert


to say goodbye

dire au revoir a quelqu'un

faire ses adieux a qn.

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Note added at 32 mins (2008-05-03 17:21:26 GMT)
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Sorry


I don't know why I put the hyphen


aurevoirs!

No hyphen

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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