cheerio

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cheerio^¹

/ˈtʃɪəɹi.əʊ/ UK
/ˈtʃɪːɹɪjəw/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈt͡ʃɪɹi.oʊ/ US
/ˈtʃɪəɹi.əʉ/ Australia
/ˈtʃiəɹi.ɐʉ/ New Zealand
/ˈtʃiɾe.o/ Scotland
[ˈtʃiɾe.o] Scotland
/ˈtʃɛːɹi.əʊ/

Where it comes from

From cheer and/or cheery + -o.

interjection

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal Goodbye, an interjection said upon parting. "In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!"
rare Hello; a greeting. Cheerio, everybody! What a delightful gathering of charming femininity!

noun cheerios

New Zealand A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties. The man who has gone around the cocktail circuit pounding cheerios to the end of time did not come in here and open his mouth once on the Bill.
Similar: cocktail sausage, little boy

Cheerio^²

noun Cheerios

An individual piece of the Cheerios breakfast cereal. A single Cheerio fell off my spoon.

Translations

Every language

intj hello — see also hi

Deutsch	hallo

intj translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting

한국어	안녕 annyeong
日本語	こんにちは konnichi wa, やあ yā, どうも dōmo, では de wa, またね mata ne, じゃ
中文	嗨 hāi, 喂 wèi, 你好 nǐhǎo, 再會 /再会 zàihuì, 拜拜 bàibài, bāibái, báibái
हिन्दी	बंदगी bandgī
Français	salut
Italiano	ciao
Русский	приве́т privét, здоро́во zdoróvo, пока́ poká, бу́дь здоро́в! búdʹ zdoróv!, бу́дь здоро́ва! búdʹ zdoróva!, бу́дьте здоро́вы! búdʹte zdoróvy!

intj goodbye, toodeloo — see also bye

Deutsch	tschüss

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BibTeX

@misc{cheerio_2026,
  title = {cheerio},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cheerio},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}