bye

See also 'bye

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /baɪ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: bi, buy, by

Etymology 1

Variant form of by, from Old English bī (being near).

Noun

bye (plural byes)

1. (sports) The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.

   Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.

2. (cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.

Derived terms

• (cricket): leg bye

Etymology 2

Shortened form of goodbye.

Interjection

bye!

1. (colloquial) Goodbye.

Derived terms

• tatty bye

Translations

short for goodbye

Arabic: إلى اللقاء (ar) ('ílaa al-liqaa'), باي باي (ar) (bay bay) Bambara: a k'an be Bulgarian: чао (chao) Catalan: adéu (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 再見 (cmn), 再见 (cmn) (zàijiàn), 再會 (cmn), 再会 (cmn) (zàihuì), 拜拜 (cmn) (bàibài, bāibái, báibái), 88 (cmn) (bābā) (SMS slang) Danish: farvel (da) Dutch: dag (nl) Filipino: paalam Finnish: hei (fi), heippa (fi) French: salut (fr) Georgian: ნახვამდის (ka) German: tschüss (de) Greek: γειά (el) (yá) Hindi: अलविदा (hi) (alvidā), विदा (hi) (vidā) Icelandic: bæ (is)

Igbo: ngwānụ Indonesian: sampai (id) Italian: ciao (it) Japanese: では (ja) (dewa), またね (ja) (mata ne), じゃ、また (ja) (ja, mata), バイバイ (ja) (bai-bai), バイ (ja) (bai) Korean: 안녕 (ko) (annyeong) Lithuanian: iki (lt) Maltese: ċaw (mt) Norwegian: adjø (no) Polish: (colloquial) na razie; (familiar) pa, pa pa Portuguese: tchau (pt) Romanian: pa (ro) Russian: пока (ru) (poká), бай-бай (ru) (baj-báj) Slovene: adijo (sl), čao (sl) Spanish: adiós (es), chau (es) Swedish: hej då (sv), adjö (sv), farväl (sv) Thai: บาย (th) (baai)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms.

Preposition

bye

1. Obsolete spelling of by.

Noun

bye

1. Obsolete spelling of bee.

Anagrams

• bey

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French

Etymology

From English bye

Interjection

bye !

1. bye

   Allez bye ! À la revoyure.