ciao

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye, your (humble) servant”), from Venetan s-ciao / s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and Old Venetan S-ciavón (“Slav”), from Latin Sclavus, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ. Not related to Vietnamese chào (“hello, goodbye”). Doublet of Slav and slave. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃaʊ/ Rhymes: -aʊ Homophone: chow === Interjection === ciao Hello, hi. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hello Bye, goodbye. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:goodbye ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ciao (plural ciaos) A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao". ==== Usage notes ==== In UK and in US usage, ciao is considered pretentious by some. === Further reading === ciao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Coia, ICAO == Bavarian == === Interjection === ciao (Sappada) hello, hi, ciao === References === Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien. == French == === Alternative forms === tchao (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye; your (humble) servant”), from Venetan s-ciao (“servant, slave”) or s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and Old Venetan S-ciavón (“Slav”), from Latin Sclavonia (“Slavonia”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʃa.o/, /tʃaw/ === Interjection === ciao ciao Synonyms: adieu, au revoir, salut, tschüs === Further reading === “ciao”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Alternative forms === tschau === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian ciao from Venetan ciao, ultimately from Latin sclavus. Doublet of Sklave and Slawe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [t͡ʃaʊ̯] === Interjection === ciao ciao === Further reading === “ciao” in Duden online “ciao”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Interlingua == === Etymology === From Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃao/ === Interjection === ciao ciao ==== Synonyms ==== adeo == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Venetan s-ciao, sciavo (“slave”) (in particular the expression s-ciao vostro (literally “(I am) your slave”), in essence meaning "I am at your service", or "your humble servant"), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”) (whence also standard Italian schiavo); in the Venetan language originally pronounced /stʃaʊ/. Development and use is similar to the Southern German and Central European greeting of servus and Swedish tjena. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.o/ Rhymes: -ao Hyphenation: cià‧o === Interjection === ciao hello! Synonyms: salve (formal), buongiorno goodbye! Synonyms: arrivederla (formal), arrivederci, ci vediamo (colloquial) Early 1940s, written by an unknown Italian partisan, Bella Ciao (Goodbye, beautiful!): ==== Derived terms ==== ciao ciao ==== Descendants ==== → Alemannic German: tschau, tschou (Bern), tschavò → Bavarian: ciao → Bulgarian: ча́о (čáo) → Chinese: ciallo → Czech: čau → Dutch: ciao, tjo → Esperanto: ĉaŭ → Estonian: tšau, tsau, tšauki, tsauki → Finnish: tsau, tsaukki → French: ciao, tchao → German: tschau, ciao → Hungarian: csaó, csá → Interlingua: ciao → Japanese: チャオ (chao) → Latvian: čau → Macedonian: чао (čao) → Maltese: ċaw → Norwegian Bokmål: ciao → Norwegian Nynorsk: ciao → Polish: ciao → Portuguese: tchau, chau, xau (Portugal), ciao (dated) → Russian: ча́о (čáo) → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: ћао Latin script: ćao → Slovak: čau → Slovene: čáo → Spanish: chao, chau → Turkish: çav → Ukrainian: ча́о (čáo) === Further reading === ciao on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it ciao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Caio == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Italian ciao, from Venetan sciavo (“slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“Slav”) (as Slavs were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ. Doublet of slave and slaver. === Interjection === ciao ciao == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Italian ciao, from Venetan sciavo (“slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”). This in turn is from Late Latin Sclavus (“Slav”), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ, as Slavs were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages. Doublet of slave and slavar. === Interjection === ciao ciao Synonyms: adjø, farvel == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian ciao. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃau/ === Interjection === ciao! Hello! Goodbye! == Spanish == === Interjection === ciao alternative spelling of chao