ciao
Plural: ciaos
Noun
- an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)
- A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao".
Intj
- Hello, hi.
- Bye, goodbye.
Interjection
- An informal Italian greeting or farewell.
Examples
- After playing "CIAO" for a modest score, he waved farewell to his opponent’s winning streak.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye, your (humble) servant”), from Venetan s-ciao / s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and Old Venetan S-ciavón ("Slav"), from Latin Sclavus, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ. Not related to Vietnamese chào (“hello, goodbye”). Doublet of Slav and slave.
Synonyms
aloha, BCNU, Godspeed, I have to love you and leave you, TTFN, adieu, adios, alright, alright me babber, alright me lover, arrivederci, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen, ay up me duck, ayo, ayubowan, baby, badbye, bye, bye-bye, catch you later, cheerio, cheers, cheery-bye, chur, ciao, ey up, farewell, g'day, good day, good evening, good morning, good morrow, greetings, hallo, hasta la vista, have a nice day, heaveno, hello, hello there, hey, hey hey, heyday, heyo, hi, hi there, hiya, hooroo, how, how are you, how's it going, howdy, howzit, hullo, keep it real, late, later, laters, namaste, peace out, privet, salaam, salaam alaikum, salutations, sayonara, see ya, see you, see you after, see you in the funny papers, see you later, see you later alligator, shalom, shalom aleichem, smell ya later, smell you later, so long, sup, ta-ta, take care, tatty bye, tinkety-tonk, toodle pip, toodle-oo, toodles, top of the morning, ttyl, wagwan, wassup, well met, what's doing, what's going on, what's new, what's up, wotcher, yello, yo
Scrabble Score: 6
ciao: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordciao: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ciao: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary