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bye-bye

/baɪˈbaɪ/

bye-bye interjection: goodbye.

Interjection

  1. (childish, informal, often) Goodbye.
    • Bye bye! Let's play again some time!1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Noun

bye-bye (plural bye-byes)

  1. (childish, colloquial, often) A goodbye.
  2. (childish, colloquial) Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed.
    • Brush your teeth, it's time to go bye-bye.
    • "[H]e came to the gate of the city; and finding it shut lay him down and went to by-by!"1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 224
    Synonyms:
    beddy-bye

bye-bye meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

bye-bye in Hindi

goodbye — see also bye, goodbye
अलविदा alvidā, बाई बाई bāī bāī

bye-bye in Arabic

goodbye — see also bye, goodbye
إِلَى اَللِّقَاء ʔilā l-liqāʔ, بَاي بَاي

bye-bye in Indonesian

goodbye — see also bye, goodbye
dadah

bye-bye in Persian

goodbye — see also bye, goodbye
خداحافظ xodâhâfez, بای بای bây bây
More languagesFewer languages
bye-bye in Thai
บ๊ายบาย báai-baai, ลาก่อน laa-gɔ̀ɔn
bye-bye in Vietnamese
bái bai, bai, chào nha

Synonyms of bye-bye

Forms of bye-bye

Interjection
alternative formbye bye
alternative formbyebye
alternative pronunciation-spellingbuh-bye
alternative form (rare)by-by
Noun
pluralbye-byes

Origin of bye-bye

Reduplication of bye.

Phrases with bye-bye

Words that rhyme with bye-bye

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Questions about bye-bye

What does bye-bye mean?
Bye-bye means goodbye.
What is bye-bye in Hindi?
Bye-bye in Hindi is अलविदा (alvidā), बाई बाई (bāī bāī). See Bye-bye meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is bye-bye?
Bye-bye can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce bye-bye?
Bye-bye is pronounced /baɪˈbaɪ/.

Words near bye-bye in the dictionary

  1. bye
  2. bye, Felicia
  3. bye, Felisha
  4. bye-blow
  5. bye-blows
  6. bye-bye
  7. bye-byes
  8. bye-election
  9. bye-elections
  10. bye-lane
  11. bye-lanes

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