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arrivederci

  • /əˌɹiːvəˈdɛətʃi/ UK

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From Italian arrivederci (“goodbye”), from a (“to”) with rivederci (“to see each other again”), from the infinitive rivedersi (“to see each other again, to meet again”), from ri- (“re-”) with the infinitive vedersi (“to see each other”), from vedere (“to see”) with the variable pronoun si (“oneself; one another”).

interjection

  1. in the context of Italy or Italian culture farewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell)

    Similar: goodbye

noun arrivedercis

  1. An Italian farewell by saying "arrivederci". We said our arrivedercis to the people in the town the night before, as we made our rounds to about eight or ten homes and said goodbye to about thirty or forty “cousins.”

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intj Italian farewell (transliterations only)

한국어아리베데르치 aribedereuchi
日本語アリベデルチ aribederuchi, アリヴェデルチ arivederuchi, アリーヴェデルチ arīvederuchi
हिन्दीआररीवेडेरची ārrīveḍercī, अर्रीवेडेर्ची arrīveḍercī
Ελληνικάαριβεντέρτσι ariventértsi
Русскийарриведе́рчи arrivedɛ́rči

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@misc{arrivederci_2026,
  title = {arrivederci},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arrivederci},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}