Complete Definition of "greeting"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�gɹi�tɪ�/, SAMPA|/"gri:tIN/
:rhymes|i�tɪ�

Noun
en-noun

  1. A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.

#: It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.

Translations
trans-top|acknowledgement of a persons prescene or arrival
Czech: t-|cs|pozdrav|m
Danish: t|nl|hilsen|c
Esperanto: t-|eo|saluto|xs=Esperanto
Faroese: t-|fo|heilsa|f|xsFaroese, t-|fo|heilsan|f|xsFaroese, t-|fo|kvøða|f|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|tervehdys
German: Gru� m, Begrü�ung f
trans-mid
Japanese: t+|ja|��|traisatsu|scJAchar
Portuguese: t+|pt|saudação|f
Slovenian: pozdrav
Swedish: t-|sv|hälsningar|c|p
trans-bottom

Related terms
greet

See also
hello
salutation

Verb
greeting

  1. present participle of|greet

fr:greeting
it:greeting
ja:greeting
ru:greeting
simple:greeting
fi:greeting
te:greeting
vi:greeting
zh:greeting

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