ciao
/t͡ʃaʊ/
ciao interjection: hello, hi.
Interjection
- Hello, hi.
- Synonyms:
- good morning, good day, good evening, good morrow, greetings, heaveno, hello, hello there, heyday, hi
- Bye, goodbye.
- Synonyms:
- adieu, adios, aloha, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, badbye, BCNU, bye, bye-bye
Noun
ciao (plural ciaos)
- A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao".
- […] he excused himself, disappearing in a cloud of ciaos and operatic Italian.2010, Robert V. Camuto, Palmento: A Sicilian Wine Odyssey, page 16
- You hear more ciaos than hellos. Guests play bocce ball on the beach and dine on Italian and some Bahamian cuisine. Because of its strong Continental overlay, the cuisine is better here than at your typical Grand Bahama hotel.2007, Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, Bahamas For Dummies, page 196
ciao meaning in Arabic
ciao in Arabic
- transliteration of the Italian greeting or farewell
- تْشَاو tšāw
Synonyms of ciao
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Forms of ciao
| plural | ciaos |
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Origin of ciao
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.
Words formed from ciao
Words that rhyme with ciao
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Questions about ciao
- What does ciao mean?
- Ciao means hello, hi.
- What is ciao in Arabic?
- Ciao in Arabic is تْشَاو (tšāw). See Ciao meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is ciao?
- Ciao can be an interjection or a noun.
- How do you pronounce ciao?
- Ciao is pronounced /t͡ʃaʊ/.
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