čau

See also: cau, cầu, cấu, câu, cẩu, cậu, and ĉaŭ

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao. Doublet of Slovan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃau̯]

Interjection

čau

  1. hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
    Synonyms: ahoj, čus
  2. bye (informal farewell)
    Synonyms: ahoj, čus

Further reading
  • čau in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • čau in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • čau in Internetová jazyková příručka

Latvian

Interjection

čau

  1. hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
  2. bye (informal farewell)

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Italian ciao.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃau̯/

Interjection

čau

  1. hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
  2. bye (informal farewell)

Further reading
  • “čau”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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