English

Alternative forms
good-by
good-bye

Etymology
From Middle English for "God be with ye"

Pronunciation
w:AHD|AHD: go�odbīʹ
w:IPA|IPA: /g�d�baɪ/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /<tt>gUd"baI</tt>/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪ|-aɪ

Interjection
goodbye

1. farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker or writer is departing.

Synonyms
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adieu (formal)
adios (informal)
bye
bye-bye (informal)
buh-bye (slang)
catch you later (informal)
cheerio (informal)
cheery-bye (informal)
ciao (informal)
farewell
mid3
good day (during the day)
good night (during the evening or night)
hasta la vista (slang), hasta la vista, baby (slang)
later (slang)
laters (slang)
keep it real (slang)
peace out (slang)
sayonara (informal)
mid3
see you (informal)
so long (informal)
ta-ta (informal)
tarrah (informal)
toodle-oo (informal)
toodle pip (UK, informal, dated)
toodles (slang)
TTFN (informal)
ttyl (informal)
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Derived terms
say goodbye

Translations
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Afrikaans: totsiens
Albanian: mirë u pafshim
Arabic: ARchar|�ع ا�س�ا�ة (ma� as-sal�ma)
Basque: agur
Bosnian: zbogom, pozdrav, dovi�enja
Breton: kenavo
Bulgarian: доб��, ��бав, зна�и�елен, доб�о, благо
Catalan: adéu
Chinese: �� (zàijiàn)
Croatian: do vi�enja
Czech: na shledanou
Danish: farvel
Dutch: tot ziens, doei, dag, houdoe
Esperanto: adiaÅ­
Estonian: head aega, nägemist
Ewe: hede nyuie
Fijian: moce
Filipino: paalam
Finnish: näkemiin, hyvästi, jäähyväiset
French: au revoir, adieu
Garífuna: ayó
German: auf Wiedersehen, auf Wiederhören (telephone), tschüss, tschau (ciao), bis später, bis bald
Greek: γειά (ya), αν�ίο (adio), ει� �ο ε�ανιδείν (is to epanidin)
Hebrew: ��תר��ת (l�-hitraót)
Hungarian: viszlát
Icelandic: bless, bæbæ (colloquial), vertu sæll (if it's a man), vertu sæl (if it's a woman)
Indonesian: selamat tinggal (the leaving person), selamat jalan (the person remaining), dag / bye / bye-bye (informal)
Interlingua: adeo
Irish: slán agat (the leaving person), slán leat (the person remaining)
Italian: arrivederci, arriverderla, addio, ciao
Japanese: ����� (say�nara), 失礼��� (�������, shitsurei-shimasu) (leaving, formal), ���� (soredewa), �� (dewa), ��� (j�) (informal)
Korean: ��� ��� (annyeonghi gyeseyo, person leaving, formal), ��� ��� (annyeonghi gaseyo, person remaining, formal), �� (annyeong, informal)
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Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|خ�ا حا��ز|trxwa hafîz|scKUchar
Ladino: adio
Latin: ave, vale
Latvian: at�, visu labu
Lithuanian: viso gero
Luxembourgish: äddi
Maltese: �aw, �aw �aw, saħħa
Norwegian: adjø, farvel, avskjed, hadet bra, hadet, ses, snakkes, hei (when talking in telephone)
Novial: adie
Papiamentu: ayo!, te mayan, te aworo, te'oro
Persian: FAchar|خدا حا�ظ (khuda hafiz), FAchar|�� ب���ت (mi binamet), FAchar|ب� ا��د د�دار (be omide didar), FAchar|بدر�د (bedrud)
Polish: do widzenia
Portuguese: adeus, até-logo, passe-bem
Romanian: la revedere, pa
Russian: до �видани� (do svidán[i]ja), пока (poká)
Scottish Gaelic: beannachd leat fam, beannachd leibh form
Serbian: zbogom, pozdrav, dovi�enja
Slovak: zbohom, do videnia
Slovene: adijo, �ao informal; nasvidenje, lep pozdrav, sre�no formal; zbogom archaic
Spanish: adiós, vaya con Dios, hasta luego, hasta la vista, hasta pronto, nos vemos
Swahili: kwaheri, tuonane tena
Swedish: adjö, hej då
Tagalog: paalam
Tamil: ��ன�ற� வர��ிற�ன� (sentru varukirean)
Thai: THchar|ลา��อ� (laa kon)
Turkish: Allah'a ısmarladık, gule gule
Tzutujil: na'an
Urdu: URchar|خدا حا�ظ (khuda hafiz)
Ukrainian: до поба�енн� (do poba�ennja)
Vietnamese: tạm bi�t
Volapük: ledit
Xhosa: hamba kahle (go well).
Zulu: hamba kahle (go well).

Noun
en-noun

1. An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.

#:Before John leaves for Australia, give a quick goodbye.

bs:goodbye
fa:goodbye
fr:goodbye
ko:goodbye
io:goodbye
it:goodbye
hu:goodbye
ja:goodbye
pl:goodbye
fi:goodbye
te:goodbye
zh:goodbye

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