goodbye

goodbye

See also: good-bye and good bye

English

Alternative forms

• good-by, goodby (dated)
• good-bye
• good bye
• g'bye (colloquial)
• bye, 'bye (informal)

Etymology

From earlier goodby, Godby, Godby'e, Godbwye, God b'w'y, God bwy yee, God buy you, God be wi' you, each a progressively shorter contraction of "God be with ye" or "God be with you". Note the change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good day, etc.

Pronunciation

• enPR: go͝odbīʹ, IPA^(key): /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/

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• (also, General American) IPA^(key): /ɡədˈbaɪ/, /ɡəˈbaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Interjection

goodbye

1. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
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     Goodbye! - Goodbye, Anna.

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Synonyms

• (formal): adieu, farewell
• (informal): bye, bye-bye, catch you later, mind how you go, see ya, see you, see you in the funny papers (US, informal, dated), so long, ta ta, tatty bye, toodeloo, toodles, TTFN, ttyl
• (slang): buh-bye, cya, hasta la vista, later, laters, keep it real, peace, peace out, take it easy
• adios, arrivederci, au revoir, do svidanya/do svidaniya, sayonara
• (UK, informal): cheerio, cheers, cheery-bye, toodle pip (dated)
• See also: Thesaurus:goodbye

Hypernyms

• aloha
• ciao

Hyponyms

• good night (during night)

Derived terms

• kiss goodbye
• say goodbye

Related terms

• good riddance

Descendants

• Japanese: グッドバイ (guddobai), グッバイ (gubbai)
• Afrikaans: koebaai (informal), baai (informal)

Translations

farewell — See also translations at bye

Abkhaz: абзиараҙы (abzjaraźə) Afrikaans: totsiens (af) Albanian: mirë u pafshim, mirupafshim (sq) American Sign Language: OpenB@SideChesthigh-PalmForward BentB@SideChesthigh-PalmForward Apache: Jicarilla: haééʼą Western Apache: ánaagodzįįhł (San Carlos, Bylan) Arabic: مَعَ السَّلَامَة‎ (ar) (maʿa s-salāma), إِلَى اللِّقَاء‎ (ar) (ʾilā l-liqāʾ), وَدَاع‎ (ar) (wadāʿ), وَدَاعًا‎ (ar) (wadāʿan), فِي أَمَانِ اللّٰه‎ (fī ʾamāni llāh) Moroccan Arabic: بالسلامة‎ (b-es-slāma) Armenian: ցտեսություն (hy) (cʿtesutʿyun), հաջողություն (hy) (haǰołutʿyun), մնաք բարով (mnakʿ barov), մնաք բարյավ (mnakʿ baryav), առայժմ (hy) (aṙayžm) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܘܿܫ ܒܫܲܝܢܵܐ‎ (poš b-šaynā) (to a man), ܦܘܿܫܝ ܒܫܲܝܢܵܐ‎ (poš b-šaynā) (to a woman), ܦܘܿܫܘܼܢ ܒܫܲܝܢܵܐ‎ (pošon b-šaynā) (to more than one person) Asturian: adiós (ast) Azerbaijani: xudahafiz, sağol Basque: agur Belarusian: да пабачэ́ння (da pabačénnja) Bengali: খোদা হাফেজ (khoda hafez), আল্লাহ হাফেজ (allah hafez) (Muslim), ফি আমানিল্লাহ (fi amanillah) (Muslim) Breton: kenavo (br) Bulgarian: дови́ждане (bg) (dovíždane), сбо́гом (bg) (sbógom), на до́бър час (na dóbǎr čas) Burmese: ဒါပါပဲ (dapapai:) (on the telephone), သွားတော့မယ် (swa:tau.mai), ဂွတ်ဘိုင် (gwatbhuing) Catalan: adéu (ca), adéu-siau (ca), passa-ho bé (informal), passi-ho bé (formal) Cebuano: panamilit, babay, hangtod sa sunod Chamicuro: alyos Cherokee: ᏙᎾᏓᎪᎲ (donadagohv) (sing.), ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲ (dodadagohv) (pl.), ᏗᏓᏲᎵᎲᏛᎦᎴᏂᏍᎬ (didayolihvdvgalenisgv) Chickasaw: anowa chipisala'cho̱ Chinese: Cantonese: 再見, 再见 (zoi3 gin3), 拜拜 (baai3-1 baai3) Dungan: зэҗян (zeži͡an), хозэди (hozedi), хош (hoš) Hakka: 再見, 再见 (chai-kien / chai-kian) Mandarin: 再見／再见 (zh) (zàijiàn), 再會／再会 (zh) (zàihuì), 拜拜 (zh) (bàibài, bāibái, báibái) Min Dong: 再見, 再见 (cái-giéng) Min Nan: 再會 (zh-min-nan), 再会 (chài-hoē) Wu: 再會, 再会 (tse hhue) Cornish: duw genes sg, duw genowgh pl Czech: na shledanou (cs), sbohem (cs) Danish: farvel (da) Dutch: tot ziens (nl), doei (nl) (informal), doeg (nl) (informal), dag (nl) (informal), houdoe (nl) (informal, southern), ajuus (nl) (informal, eastern), aju (nl) (informal, eastern), hoi (nl) (informal) Elfdalian: häj dǫ Esperanto: adiaŭ (eo), ĝis la revido (eo) Estonian: head aega, nägemist, nägemiseni Ewe: hede nyuie Faroese: farvæl Fijian: moce Finnish: näkemiin (fi); hyvästi (fi); kuulemiin (fi) (on telephone) French: bon vent (fr), au revoir (fr), adieu (fr), salut (fr) (informal) Galician: adeus (gl), a máis ver, abur (gl) Gallo: à tantoou Garifuna: ayó Georgian: ნახვამდის (naxvamdis), კარგად (ḳargad) German: auf Wiedersehen (de), auf Wiederschauen (Austria), auf Wiederhören (on telephone), tschüss (de) (informal), tschau (de) (ciao) (informal), Gott befohlen (dated), adieu (de) (dated), lebe wohl (goodbye for ever): Greek: αντίο (el) n (antío), γεια (el) (geia) (more general than goodbye) Ancient: ἔρρωσο sg (érrhōso), ἔρρωσθε pl (érrhōsthe); χαῖρε sg (khaîre), χαίρετε pl (khaírete) Greenlandic: baj Gujarati: આવજો (āvajo) Hebrew: לְהִתְרָאוֹת‎ (he) (l'hitra'ót), שָׁלוֹם‎ (he) m (shalóm) (more general than goodbye) Hindi: नमस्ते (hi) (namaste) (hello/goodbye), ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़ (xudā hāfiz) (Muslim), सत श्री अकाल (sat śrī akāl) (Sikh, hello/goodbye), राम-राम (rām-rām) (Hindu), अलविदा (hi) (alvidā) Hungarian: viszlát (hu), viszontlátásra (hu), (dated) agyő Icelandic: bless (is), blessaður (is) m sg, vertu blessaður (is) m sg, vertu bless, vertu sæll m sg Ido: til rivido (io), adio (io), chao (io), til (io) Igbo: kōmẹsia Inari Sami: moonâ tiervân (said to those leaving), pääsi tiervân (said to those remaining) Indonesian: (the leaving person) selamat tinggal (id), (the person remaining) selamat jalan (id), dag (id), bye, (slang) bye-bye Interlingua: adeo Inuktitut: ᓴᐃᒧ (saimo) Irish: slán agat (the person leaving), slán leat (the person remaining), mo bheannacht leat, beannacht Dé leat, go ngnóthaigh Dia duit Italian: arrivederci (it), addio (it), arrivederla (it), ciao (it) (more general than goodbye) Japanese: さようなら (ja) (sayōnara), さよなら (ja) (sayonara), (leaving, formal) 失礼します (しつれいします, shitsurei shimasu), それでは (ja) (sore de wa), では (de wa), (informal) じゃあ (jā), またね (mata ne), じゃ、また (ja, mata), バイバイ (ja) (baibai) Kannada: ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (kn) (namaskāra) Kazakh: хош бол (xoş bol) Khmer: លាហើយ (liə haəy), ជម្រាបលា (cumriəp liə) Korean: 안녕히 계세요 (annyeonghi gyeseyo) (formal; person leaving), 안녕히 가세요 (annyeonghi gaseyo) (formal; person remaining or staying), 잘 있어 (jal isseo) (informal, person leaving), 잘 가 (jal ga) (informal, person remaining), 안녕 (ko) (annyeong) (informal, generic), 빠이빠이 (ppaippai) Krio: a de go (one speaker), wi de go (multiple speakers) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: خوا حافیز‎ (xwa ḧafîz), خوات لەگەڵ‎ (xwat legell) Northern Kurdish: oẍir be (ku) (person staying), xatira te (person leaving), xwahafîz, xudahafîz Kyrgyz: кош бол (koş bol) Ladino: adio, enbonora Lao: ລາກ່ອນເດ (lā kǭn dē), ສະບາຍດີ (sa bāi dī) Latin: valē (la) sg, valēte (la) pl; bene ambulā sg, bene ambulā pl Latvian: atā (lv), visu labu (lv), uz redzēšanos (lv), sveiks Lithuanian: viso gero, sudie Louisiana Creole French: aréwa, aréwar, oréwar, bonjou, zadjé Luganda: weeraba Luxembourgish: äddi Macedonian: збогум (zbogum), со здравје (so zdravje), на добар час (na dobar čas), ча́о (čáo) (informal), пријатно (prijatno) довидување (doviduvanje) (formal) Malay: selamat tinggal, selamat jalan (ms), jumpa lagi Maltese: ċaw, ċaw ċaw, saħħa (mt) Maori: hei konā (said to those remaining behind), hei konā rā (said by the person leaving to the person staying or to those remaining behind), noho iho rā (said by person leaving to the person staying), noho ake rā (said by person leaving to the person staying), noho mai rā (said by person leaving to the person staying), noho ora mai (said by person leaving to the person staying), e noho rā (said by person leaving to the person staying), haere rā (said by person staying to the person leaving or to those leaving) Maranungku: mamak Mongolian: Cyrillic: баяртай (mn) (bajartaj) Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠷᠲᠠᠢ (bayartai̯) Mopan Maya: dʼyoos Mòcheno: ber sechen ens Nahuatl: anej (nah) Navajo: hágoóneeʼ, nááʼahideeltsééh, ánááʼahidiiłtsééh Neapolitan: ce verimmo Nepali: नमस्ते (ne) (namaste) Norman: à la perchôine Northern Sami: mana dearvan, manni dearvan, mannet dearvan (said to one/two/many leaving), báze dearvan, báhcci dearvan, báhcet dearvan (said to one/two/many remaining) Norwegian: adjø (no), farvel, avskjed (no), hadet bra, hadet, ses (no), snakkes (no), hei (no) (telephone) Ojibwe: giga-waabamin Palauan: mechikung Papiamentu: ayo, te mayan, te aworo, te'oro Persian: خداحافظ‎ (fa) (xodâhâfez), بدرود‎ (fa) (bedrud), خدانگهدار‎ (fa) (xodâ-negahdâr) Polish: żegnaj (pl), bywaj, do widzenia (pl) Portuguese: adeus (pt), até-logo, passe-bem, tchau (pt) Romani: ʒa Devleça (said to the person leaving), ʒan Devleça (said to those leaving), aćh Devleça (said to the person remaining), aćhen Devleça (said to those remaining) Balkan Romani: aćh Devleça, beś Devleça, aćh sastimaça, beś sastimaça (said to a person remaining behind), aćhen Devleça, beśen Devleça, aćhen sastimaça, beśen sastimaça (said to those remaining behind), ʒa Devleça, ʒa sastimaça (said to a person leaving), ʒan Devleça, ʒan sastimaça (said to those leaving) Romanian: la revedere (ro), pa (ro), adio (ro) Romansch: a revair Russian: проща́й sg (proščáj) (informal to one person), (formal) проща́йте (ru) pl (proščájte), (formal or to a group) до свида́ния (ru) (do svidánija) or до свида́нья (do svidánʹja), до встре́чи (do vstréči), (formal) счастли́во (ru) (sčastlívo), (informal), пока́ (ru) (poká), ча́о (ru) (čáo), с бо́гом (s bógom), уви́димся (ru) (uvídimsja), всего́ до́брого (ru) (vsevó dóbrovo), бай-ба́й (ru) (baj-báj), адьё (ru) (adʹjó) (dated) Samoan: tōfā Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can Sardinian: Campidanese: adiòsu, a si biri Logudorese: adiòsu, a mègius bìere Sassarese: adiòssu Scottish Gaelic: beannachd leat (familiar), beannachd leibh (formal), soraidh f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: до виђења, довиђења, збогом, поздрав Roman: do viđenja, doviđenja, zbogom (sh), pozdrav (sh) Sinhalese: ආයුබෝවන් (si) (āyubōwan), ආයුබෝ (āyubō) Skolt Sami: mõõn tiõrvân (said to those leaving), pää´ʒʒ tiõrvân (said to those remaining) Slovak: zbohom, do videnia Slovene: adíjo, čáo (informal), nasvídenje, lép pozdràv, sréčno (formal), zbogom, zbógom (archaic) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: na zasejwiźenje Southern Sierra Miwok: kacyh·eh·y Spanish: adiós (es), hasta luego (es), hasta la vista, hasta siempre (es), hasta pronto (es), nos vemos Swahili: kwaheri (sw), tuonane tena, baadaye (sw), wasalimie, tutaonana Swedish: adjö (sv), hej då (sv), hej (sv), farväl (sv) Tagalog: paalam (tl), babay Tajik: худо ҳофиз (xudo hofiz), падруд (padrud) Tamil: சென்று வருகிறேன் (ceṉṟu varukiṟēṉ) Tatar: сау булыгыз (sau bulığız), хушыгыз (xuşığız), исән булыгыз (isän bulığız) Tetum: adeus Thai: สวัสดี (th) (sà-wàt-dii), ลาก่อน (th) (laa-gɔ̀ɔn) Tibetan: ག་ལེ་ཕེབས (ga le phebs) (by the one staying), ག་ལེ་ཞུགས (ga le zhugs) (by the one going) Tok Pisin: lukim yu bihain, bai (tpi), lukim yu Tongan: nofo ā, 'alu ā Turkish: (person staying) güle güle (tr), (person leaving) hoşça kal (tr), Allah'a ısmarladık (tr), (informal) baybay Turkmen: hoşlaşma, güle güle Tuvan: байырлыг (bayırlıg) Tz'utujil: na'an Udmurt: ӟеч лу (dźeć lu) Ukrainian: до поба́чення (do pobáčennja) Urdu: خُدا حافِظ‎ (xudā ḥāfiz̤), اللہ حافظ‎ (allāh ḥāfiz̤), الوداع‎ (alvidā‘) (rare or formal), فی امان اللہ‎ (fī amān allāh) (more religious) Uyghur: خوش‎ (xosh), خوش ئەمىسە‎ (xosh emise) Uzbek: xayr (uz), hayrlashuv, alvido (uz) Vietnamese: tạm biệt (vi), chào (vi), vĩnh biệt (vi) (permanent), bái bai Volapük: ledit (vo) Walloon: årvey (wa), disca (wa), diewåde (wa), ada (wa) Welsh: hwyl fawr (have fun), ffarwel West Frisian: oant sjen Western Punjabi: اَللَہ دے حَوالے‎ (allah de ḥavāle) White Hmong: sib ntsib dua Xhosa: (go well) hamba kahle Yiddish: אַ גוטן טאָג‎ (yi) (a gutn tog), אַ גוטן‎ (yi) (a gutn) (used by the first person to say good-bye; used all day until nightfall), אַ גוט יאָר‎ (yi) (a gut yor) (used in response to a good-bye; used all morning, day, and evening), אַ גוטע נאַכט‎ (yi) (a gute nakht) (used in the evening and night), אַדיע‎ (adye) Yup'ik: tua-ingunnituq Zulu: (go well) hamba kahle (zu) ǃXóõ: (stay well) ǁám ǃāo

See also

• see you later
• arrivederci, au revoir

• good afternoon, (at midday)
• good day (during day)
• good eve, good evening (during the evening)
• good morn, good morning (during the morning)

Noun

goodbye (plural goodbyes)

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

   They made their good-byes.

   We have time for a short goodbye.

Translations

an utterance of goodbye

American Sign Language: OpenB@SideChesthigh-PalmForward BentB@SideChesthigh-PalmForward Azerbaijani: vida (az), vidalaşma, sağollaşma, xudahafizləşmə Bulgarian: дови́ждане (bg) n (dovíždane) Catalan: adéu (ca), adéu-siau (ca), a reveure (ca) Cebuano: panamilit Chinese: Mandarin: 走好 (zouhao) Czech: rozloučení n, sbohem (cs) n Danish: farvel (da) n Esperanto: adiaŭo Estonian: head aega, nägemist, nägemiseni Finnish: hyvästit (fi) pl, jäähyväiset (fi) pl French: adieu (fr) m German: Abschied (de) m Greek: αποχαιρετισμός (el) m (apochairetismós), αντίο (el) (antío) Hungarian: istenhozzád (hu), búcsúszó, búcsú (hu), búcsúzás (hu), elbúcsúzás Icelandic: kveðja (is) f Italian: addio (it) Japanese: 別れ (ja) (わかれ, wakare) Korean: 작별 (ko) (jakbyeol) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: خواحافیزی‎ (xwaḧafîzî) Malay: ucapan selamat tinggal Polish: pożegnanie (pl) n Portuguese: adeus (pt) m Russian: проща́ние (ru) n (proščánije) Slovak: zbohom n Spanish: adiós (es) m Tagalog: paalam (tl) Turkish: hoşça kal (tr) Urdu: الوداع‎ m (alvidā‘) Vietnamese: câu tạm biệt; lời tạm biệt; việc tạm biệt Volapük: adyö (vo)

Verb

goodbye (third-person singular simple present goodbyes, present participle goodbying or goodbyeing, simple past and past participle goodbyed)

1. To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting.