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Ciao

//t͡ʃaʊ// intj, noun

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Hello, hi.
  2. 2
    Bye, goodbye.
Noun
  1. 1
    A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao".

    "[…] he excused himself, disappearing in a cloud of ciaos and operatic Italian."

  2. 2
    an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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