ciao
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ciao
- /t͡ʃaʊ/
Sounds like chow · Rhymes with -aʊ
Where it comes from
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.
interjection
- Hello, hi.
- Bye, goodbye.
noun ciaos
- A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao". […] he excused himself, disappearing in a cloud of ciaos and operatic Italian.
