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How to Say ‘Goodbye’ in French

Au revoir

oh ruh-vwar

[oh ruh-vwar]

🇫🇷 In France: Say it to staff on your way out of a shop, often as Merci, au revoir. Leaving without it feels abrupt to French ears.

Phrase Breakdown

[oh]

until the (in 'goodbye')

Contraction of 'à' + 'le'; in this set phrase it means 'until the next seeing'.

Example

Au revoir, madame !

Goodbye, madam!

revoir

[ruh-vwar]

see again

The infinitive meaning 'to see again' or 'to meet again'.

Example

Dans « De vous revoir », revoir veut dire voir une autre fois.

In 'to see you again,' 'revoir' means to see another time.

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