I bow to the boss in greeting, and he returns my bow with a nod.
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Greeting
//ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ//
Synonyms for "greeting" (68 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (34)
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3 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
6 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
3 entriesmeronym
13 entriesrelated to
8 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
101 translations across 70 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- përshëndetje noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀσπασμός noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Arabic
1 entries- تَحِيَّة noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Armenian
1 entries- բարև noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Assamese
1 entries- ওলগ noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- salam noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- təbrik noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Belarusian
2 entries- віта́нне noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- прывіта́нне noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Bengali
1 entries- সালাম noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Bulgarian
2 entries- по́здрав noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- приве́тствие noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Burmese
1 entries- ပဋိသန္ဒါရစကား noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Catalan
2 entries- salut noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- salutació noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 迎接 noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Czech
1 entries- pozdrav noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Danish
1 entries- hilsen noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Dutch
2 entries- begroeting noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- groet noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Egyptian
1 entries- n:y-n:y noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Esperanto
1 entries- saluto noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Estonian
1 entries- tervitus noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Faroese
3 entries- heilsa noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- heilsan noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- kvøða noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Finnish
1 entries- tervehdys noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
French
2 entries- salut noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- salutation noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Georgian
1 entries- მისალმება noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
German
2 entries- Begrüßung noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- Gruß noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Greek
1 entries- χαιρετισμός noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Hindi
1 entries- अभिवादन noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Hungarian
2 entries- köszöntés noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- üdvözlet noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Icelandic
1 entries- kveðja noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Ido
1 entries- saluto noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Italian
2 entries- benvenuto noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- saluto noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Japanese
1 entries- 挨拶 noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Kazakh
1 entries- сәлемдесу noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Khmer
2 entries- បច្ចុគ្គមន៍ noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- ស្វាគមន៍ noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Korean
1 entries- 인사 noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- саламдашуу noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Latin
1 entries- salūtātiō noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Latvian
1 entries- sveiciens noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pasveikinimas noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Luganda
2 entries- okubuuza noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- okulamusa noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Begréissung noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Macedonian
2 entries- поздрав noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- поздравување noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Malay
1 entries- ucapan noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Mongolian
1 entries- мэндчилгээ noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Māori
2 entries- mānawa noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- waioha noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hilsen noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- helsing noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Persian
4 entries- احوالپرسی noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- تبریک noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- سلام noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- پیشواز noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Gruss noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Polish
2 entries- powitanie noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- pozdrowienie noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Portuguese
1 entries- saudação noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Romanian
2 entries- salut noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- salutare noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Russian
1 entries- приве́тствие noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fàilte noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pȍzdrāv noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- по̏здра̄в noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Slovak
1 entries- pozdrav noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Slovene
1 entries- pozdrav noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Spanish
3 entries- saludación noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- saludo noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- salutación noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Swahili
1 entries- salamu noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Swedish
2 entries- hälsning noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- hälsningsfras noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Tagalog
4 entries- bati noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- pagbati noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- pugay noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- saludo noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Tajik
2 entries- салом noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- табрик noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Thai
1 entries- การทักทาย noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Turkish
2 entries- selam noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- tebrik noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Ukrainian
2 entries- віта́ння noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- привіта́ння noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Uzbek
2 entries- salomlashish noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
- tabrik noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lời chào noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Volapük
1 entries- glid noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfarchiad noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
West-Frisian
1 entries- begroeting noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Yiddish
1 entries- גרוס noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Zazaki
1 entries- selam (diq) noun (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Gentlemen, allow me to say a few words in greeting.
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The word that is known to anyone is a greeting.
Source: tatoeba (276446)
He doesn't know even the proper way of greeting people.
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