čau

See also: cau, cầu, cấu, câu, cẩu, cậu, and ĉaŭ

Czech

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian ciao

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃau̯]

Interjection

čau

1. hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
2. bye (informal farewell)

Synonyms

• ahoj
• čus

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
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Latvian

Interjection

čau

1. hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
2. bye (informal farewell)

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Slovak

Etymology

From Italian ciao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃau̯/

Interjection

čau

1. hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
2. bye (informal farewell)

Further reading

• “čau”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024