sendoff

See also: send off and send-off

English

Alternative forms

send-off

Etymology

Deverbal from send off.

Noun

sendoff (plural sendoffs)

A party for a person (e.g. a fellow employee) who is leaving; a farewell party.
We had a sendoff for our departing colleague as he left for a new job.
A party to recognize the passing (death) of a friend and allow survivors to reminisce about the person's life.

Related terms

send off

Translations

farewell party

Bulgarian: изпращане n (izpraštane)
Catalan: acomiadament m
Esperanto: adiaŭfesto
Finnish: läksiäiset (fi)
French: fête d’adieu, pot de départ (fr) m
German: Abschiedsfeier (de) f
Hungarian: búcsúztató (hu), búcsúünnepség, búcsúparti
Italian: incamminamento (it) m
Swedish: avskedsfest (sv) c
Ukrainian: прощавальна вечірка f (proščavalʹna večirka)

Anagrams

ends off, offends

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