sayonara

sayonara

See also: sayōnara

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪəˈnɑːɹə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə

Interjection

sayonara

1. (informal, often humorous, especially used when referring to Japan) Goodbye, adieu.

   Synonyms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, cheers, ciao, farewell, goodbye, good day, shalom, so long, tot ziens

   • 2001 June 23, Sonic Team USA, Sonic Adventure 2, Sega, published 2001:

     Sonic: Sayonara! Shadow the Hedgehog!

Translations

goodbye, adieu — see farewell

goodbye, in reference to Japan (transliterations and different spellings only)

Arabic: سَايُونَارَا‎ (sāyūnārā) Georgian: საიონარა (saionara) Greek: σαγιονάρα (el) (sagionára) Hebrew: סַיּוֹנַרַה‎ (sayonárah) Hungarian: szajonara (hu) Indonesian: sayonara Japanese: さようなら (ja) (sayōnara), さよなら (ja) (sayonara) Korean: 사요나라 (sayonara) Persian: سایونارا‎ (sâyonârâ) Polish: sajonara Russian: сайона́ра (sajonára), саёнара (sajónara) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сајонара Roman: sajonara Yiddish: סייַאָנאַראַ‎ (sayonara)

Noun

sayonara (plural sayonaras)

1. An utterance of sayonara, the wishing of farewell to someone.
   • 1999, Hell to Pay, →ISBN, page 19:

     After a simply marvelous, entertaining two and a half hour meal, they reclaimed their shoes and ceremoniously bid their sayonaras to the Japanese girls.

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sajoˈnara]
• Hyphenation: sa‧yo‧na‧ra

Interjection

sayonara

1. (informal, often humorous, especially used when referring to Japan) Goodbye, adieu.

Further reading

• “sayonara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

sayonara

1. Rōmaji transcription of さよなら

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Polish

Alternative forms

• sajonara

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese さようなら.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.jɔˈna.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: sa‧jo‧na‧ra

Interjection

sayonara

1. (colloquial) sayonara, farewell

Usage notes

• Often carries an undertone of “good riddance”.

Further reading

• sayonara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sayonara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Etymology

From the Japanese さようなら (sayōnara) or さよなら (sayonara, “goodbye”), maybe by analogy with getas, the Japanese wooden clogs. Cognate with Greek σαγιονάρα (sagionára).This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /saʝoˈnaɾa/ [sa.ʝoˈna.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /saʝoˈnaɾa/ [sa.ʝoˈna.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /saʃoˈnaɾa/ [sa.ʃoˈna.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /saʒoˈnaɾa/ [sa.ʒoˈna.ɾa]

• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: sa‧yo‧na‧ra

Noun

sayonara f (plural sayonaras)

1. (Peru) flip-flop, thong (Australia), jandal (New Zealand)

   Synonyms: bamba, chancla, chola, ojota, slap