chau

See also: cháu, châu, chầu, Châu, and chāu

Esperanto

Interjection

chau

1. H-system spelling of ĉaŭ

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao, from Venetian s-ciao (“slave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaw/

Interjection

chau

1. goodbye

Synonyms

• adeus (somewhat formal), abur, aburiño (informal), deica logo

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaw/

Interjection

chau

1. Alternative form of tchau

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) tgau
• (Sutsilvan) tgieu
• (Surmiran) tgea
• (Puter) cho
• (Vallader) cheu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput.

Noun

chau m (plural chaus)

1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun) head

Synonyms

• testa

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• chao

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”). Doublet of esclavo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃau/, [t͡ʃau̯]

Interjection

chau

1. (Latin America, some parts of Spain) bye, goodbye

Further reading

• “chau” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [caw˧˧]

Verb

chau • (咮, 珠, 罩, 邹, 𠺾, 𤶎, 𥅲)

1. to wrinkle one's brow

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Welsh

Verb

chau

1. Aspirate mutation of cau.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cau	gau	nghau	chau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.