Ciao
/t͡ʃaʊ/ intj, noun
intj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao".
"[…] he excused himself, disappearing in a cloud of ciaos and operatic Italian."
- 2 an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) wordnet
Intj
- 1 Hello, hi.
- 2 Bye, goodbye.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"[…] he excused himself, disappearing in a cloud of ciaos and operatic Italian."
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.