English
Pronunciation
IPA|/baɪ/
audio|en-us-bye.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|aɪ
Homophones: bi, by, buy
Noun
en-noun
- sports The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.
#:Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.
- cricket An extra scored when the batsman|batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
Interjection
infl|en|interjection|head=bye!
- Shortened form of goodbye.
See also
tatty bye
Translations
trans-top|short for goodbye
Bambara: a k'an be
Danish: farvel
Dutch: doei, dag
Finnish: näkemiin
Filipino: paalam
French: salut
German: tschüss
Greek: γειά (yá)
Icelandic: bæ
Indonesian: sampai
trans-mid
Italian: ciao
Japanese: �� (dewa), ��� (j�)
Lithuanian: iki
Maltese: �aw
Romanian: pa
Russian: пока (poká)
Slovenian: adijo, �ao
Spanish: adiós
trans-bottom
bs:bye
fr:bye
it:bye
fi:bye
te:bye
vi:bye
zh:bye
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