goodbye

See also: good-bye and good bye

English

Alternative forms

• good-by, goodby (dated)
• good-bye
• good bye
• g'bye (colloquial)
• bye, 'bye (informal)

Etymology

From earlier Godby, Godby'e, Godbwye, God b'w'y, God bwy yee, God buy you, God be wi' you: each a progressively shorter contraction of God be with you, with the change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good day, etc.

Pronunciation

• enPR: go͝odbīʹ, IPA^(key): /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/

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• (also, US) IPA^(key): /ɡədˈbaɪ/, /ɡəˈbaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Interjection

goodbye

1. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

Synonyms

• (informal): catch you later, bye, bye-bye, ciao, see you, so long, ta ta, tatty bye, toodeloo, TTFN, ttyl
• (formal): adieu, adios, farewell, sayonara
• (slang): hasta la vista, hasta la vista, baby, later, laters, keep it real, peace out. take it easy, toodles, peace, cya
• (UK, informal): cheerio, cheery-bye, toodle pip (dated)
• bye-bye, buh-bye (slang)
• good morn, good morning (during the morning)
• good afternoon, good midday (during midday)
• good day (during day)
• good eve, good evening (during the evening)
• good night (during night)
• See also Wikisaurus:goodbye

Derived terms

• kiss goodbye
• say goodbye

Related terms

• good riddance

Translations

farewell

• Abkhaz: абзиараҙы ‎(ābziārāҙə)
• Afrikaans: totsiens
• Albanian: mirë u pafshim, mirupafshim (sq)
• American Sign Language: OpenB@SideChesthigh-PalmForward BentB@SideChesthigh-PalmForward
• Arabic: مَعَ السَّلَامَة (ar) ‎(maʿa s-salāma), إِلَى اللِّقَاء ‎(ʾilā l-liqāʾ), وَدَاعًا ‎(wadāʿan), فِي أَمَانِ اللّٰه ‎(fī ʾamāni llāh) (a possible reply to مع السلامَة‎), بَاي بَاي ‎(bay bay)

  Moroccan: بْسْلَامَة ‎(bslāma)

• Armenian: ցտեսություն (hy) ‎(cʿtesutʿyun), հաջողություն (hy) ‎(haǰołutʿyun)
• Asturian: adiós (ast)
• Azeri: xudafiz, güle güle
• Basque: agur
• Belarusian: да паба́чэння ‎(da pabáčennja)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Breton: kenavo (br)
• Bulgarian: дови́ждане (bg) ‎(dovíždane)
• Burmese: ဒါပါပဲ ‎(dapapai:) (on the telephone)
• Catalan: adéu (ca), adéu-siau (ca)
• Chamicuro: alyos
• Cherokee: ᏙᎾᏓᎪᎲ ‎(donadagohv) (sing.), ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲ ‎(dodadagohv) (pl.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 再見, 再见 ‎(zoi³ gin³), 拜拜 ‎(baai³⁻¹ baai³)

  Mandarin: 再見 (zh), 再见 (zh) ‎(zàijiàn), 再會 (zh), 再会 (zh) ‎(zàihuì), 拜拜 (zh) ‎(bàibài, bāibái, báibái)

  Min Nan: 再會 (zh-min-nan) ‎(chài-hoē)

• Czech: na shledanou (cs), sbohem (cs)
• Danish: farvel (da)
• Dutch: tot ziens (nl), doei (nl), dag (nl), houdoe
• Elfdalian: häj dǫ
• Esperanto: adiaŭ
• Estonian: head aega, nägemist
• Ewe: hede nyuie
• Faroese: farvæl
• Fijian: moce
• Finnish: näkemiin (fi), hyvästi (fi), kuulemiin (fi) (telephone)
• French: au revoir (fr), adieu (fr), salut (fr) (informal)
• Galician: adeus (gl), deica logo
• Gallo: à tantoou
• Garifuna: ayó
• Georgian: ნახვამდის ‎(naxvamdis), კარგად ‎(ḳargad)
• German: auf Wiedersehen (de), auf Wiederschauen (Austria), auf Wiederhören (telephone), tschüss (de), tschau (de) (ciao), bis später, bis bald (de)
• Greek: αντίο (el) ‎(antío) έχε γεια ‎(éche geia) έχετε γεια ‎(échete geia)
• Greenlandic: baj
• Gujarati: આવજો ‎(āvjo)
• Hebrew: לְהִתְרָאוֹת (he) ‎(l'hitra'ót), שָׁלוֹם (he) m ‎(shalóm)
• Hindi: नमस्ते (hi) ‎(namaste) (hello/goodbye), ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़ ‎(xudā hāfiz) (Muslim), सत श्री अकाल ‎(sat śrī akāl) (Sikh, hello/goodbye), राम-राम ‎(rāma-rāma) (Hindu)
• Hungarian: viszlát (hu), viszontlátásra (hu)
• Icelandic: bless (is), bæ (is)bæ (is) (colloquial), vertu sæll (to a man), vertu sæl (to a woman)
• Ido: til rivido (io), adio (io), chao (io), til (io)
• Igbo: kōmẹsia
• Inari Sami: moonâ tiervân (said to those leaving), pääsi tiervân (said to those remaining)
• Indonesian: (the leaving person) selamat tinggal (id), (the person remaining) selamat jalan (id), dag (id), bye, (slang) bye-bye
• Interlingua: adeo
• Inuktitut: ᓴᐃᒧ ‎(saimu)
• Irish: slán agat (the person leaving), slán leat (the person remaining), go ngnóthaigh Dia duit
• Italian: arrivederci (it), arrivederla (it), ciao (it)
• Japanese: さようなら (ja) ‎(sayōnara), (leaving, formal) 失礼します ‎(しつれいします, shitsurei shimasu), それでは (ja) ‎(sore dewa), では ‎(dewa), (informal) じゃあ ‎(jā), またね ‎(mata ne), じゃ、また ‎(ja, mata), バイバイ (ja) ‎(baibai)
• Kazakh: хош бол ‎(xoş bol)
• Khmer: លាហើយ ‎(lea hey)
• Korean: 안녕히 계세요 ‎(annyeonghi gyeseyo) (formal, person leaving), 안녕히 가세요 ‎(annyeonghi gaseyo) (formal, person remaining), 잘 있어 ‎(jal isseo) (informal, person leaving), 잘 가 ‎(jal ga) (informal, person remaining), 안녕 (ko) ‎(annyeong) (informal, generic)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: خوا حافیز ‎(xwa hafîz), خوات له‌گه‌ڵ ‎(xwat legell)

• Kyrgyz: кош бол ‎(koş bol)
• Ladino: adio
• Lao: ລາກ່ອນເດ ‎(lā kǭn dē), ສະບາຍດີ ‎(sa bāi dī)
• Latin: ave (la), vale, salve
• Latvian: atā (lv), visu labu (lv), uz redzēšanos (lv), sveiks (lv)
• Lithuanian: viso gero

• Lojban: co'o (jbo)
• Luganda: weeraba
• Luxembourgish: äddi
• Macedonian: ча́о ‎(čáo) (informal), пријатно ‎(prijatno), со здра́вје ‎(so zdrávje)(regular), довидување ‎(doviduvanje) (formal)
• Malay: selamat tinggal, selamat jalan, jumpa lagi
• Maltese: ċaw, ċaw ċaw, saħħa (mt)
• Maori: hei konā (said to those remaining behind), hei konā rā (said to those remaining behind), haere rā (said to those leaving)
• Mongolian: баяртай (mn) ‎(bajartaj)
• Mopan Maya: d'yoos
• Nahuatl: anej (nah)
• Navajo: hágoóneeʼ, nááʼahideeltsééh, ánááʼahidiiłtsééh
• Neapolitan: ce verimmo
• Nepali: नमस्ते (ne) ‎(namaste)
• Norman: à la perchôine
• Northern Sami: mana dearvan, manni dearvan, mannet dearvan (said to one/two/many leaving), báze dearvan, báhcci dearvan, báhcet dearvan (said to one/two/many remaining)
• Norwegian: adjø (no), farvel, avskjed, hadet bra, hadet, ses (no), snakkes (no), hei (no) (telephone)
• Novial: adie
• Ojibwe: giga-waabamin
• Palauan: mechikung
• Papiamentu: ayo, te mayan, te aworo, te'oro
• Persian: خداحافظ (fa) ‎(xodâhâfez), بدرود (fa) ‎(bedrud), خدا نگهدار ‎(xodâ negahdâr)
• Polish: do widzenia (pl)
• Portuguese: adeus (pt), até-logo, passe-bem, tchau (pt)
• Romanian: la revedere (ro), pa (ro)
• Romansch: a revair
• Russian: (formal) до свида́ния (ru) ‎(do svidánija) or до свида́нья ‎(do svidánʹja), до встре́чи ‎(do vstréči), (formal) счастли́во (ru) ‎(sčastlívo), (informal), пока́ (ru) ‎(poká), ча́о (ru) ‎(čáo), с бо́гом ‎(s bógom), уви́димся (ru) ‎(uvídimsja), всего́ до́брого (ru) ‎(vsevó dóbrovo), бай-ба́й (ru) ‎(baj-báj)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: adiòsu

  Logudorese: adiòsu

• Sassarese: adiòssu
• Scottish Gaelic: beannachd leat (familiar), beannachd leibh (formal), soraidh
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: до виђења, довиђења, збогом, поздрав

  Roman: do viđenja, doviđenja, zbogom (sh), pozdrav (sh)

• Sinhalese: ආයුබෝවන් (si) ‎(āyubōvan), ආයුබෝ ‎(āyubō)
• Skolt Sami: mõõn tiõrvân (said to those leaving), pää´ʒʒ tiõrvân (said to those remaining)
• Slovak: zbohom, do videnia
• Slovene: adíjo, čáo (informal), nasvídenje, lép pozdràv, sréčno (formal), zbógom (archaic)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: na zasejwiźenje

• Spanish: adiós (es), hasta luego (es), hasta la vista, hasta pronto, nos vemos, adéu (es) (Catalonia)
• Swahili: kwaheri (sw), tuonane tena, majaliwea (sw)
• Swedish: adjö (sv), hej då (sv), hej (sv), farväl (sv)
• Tagalog: paalam (tl)
• Tajik: худо ҳофиз ‎(xudo hofiz), падруд ‎(padrud)
• Tamil: சென்று வருகிறேன் ‎(ceṉṟu varukiṟēṉ)
• Tatar: сау булыгыз ‎(sau bulığız), хушыгыз ‎(xuşığız), исән булыгыз ‎(isän bulığız)
• Thai: ลา ก่อน ‎(lâ kon), สวัสดี (th) ‎(sawàtdee)
• Tok Pisin: lukim yu bihain, bai, lukim yu
• Turkish: (person staying) güle güle (tr), (person leaving) hoşça kalın, Allah'a ısmarladık (tr), (informal) baybay
• Turkmen: hoşlaşma, güle güle
• Tuvan: байырлыг ‎(bayırlıg)
• Tz'utujil: na'an
• Udmurt: ӟеч лу ‎(dźeč lu)
• Ukrainian: до поба́чення ‎(do pobáčennja)
• Urdu: خدا حافظ ‎(xudā hāfiz), نمستے ‎(namaste)
• Uyghur: خوش ‎(xosh), خوش ئەمىسە ‎(xosh emise)
• Uzbek: xayr (uz)
• Vietnamese: tạm biệt (vi)
• Volapük: ledit (vo)
• Walloon: årvey (wa), disca (wa)
• Welsh: hwyl fawr (have fun)
• White Hmong: sib ntsib dua
• Xhosa: (go well) hamba kahle
• Yiddish: אַ גוטן טאָג (yi) ‎(a gutn tog), אַ גוטן (yi) ‎(a gutn) (used by the first person to say good-bye; used all day until nightfall), אַ גוט יאָר (yi) ‎(a gut yor) (used in response to a good-bye; used all morning, day, and evening), אַ גוטע נאַכט (yi) ‎(a gute nakht) (used in the evening and night)
• Zulu: (go well) hamba kahle (zu)
• ǃXóõ: (stay well) ǁám ǃāo

Descendants

• Japanese: グッドバイ ‎(guddobai), グッバイ ‎(gubbai)

Noun

goodbye ‎(plural goodbyes)

1. An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.

   John gave Rebecca a goodbye to wish her luck on her holiday.

Translations

an utterance of goodbye

• American Sign Language: OpenB@SideChesthigh-PalmForward BentB@SideChesthigh-PalmForward
• Bulgarian: дови́ждане (bg) n ‎(dovíždane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 走好, 走好 ‎(zouhao)

• Czech: rozloučení n, sbohem (cs) n
• Esperanto: adiaŭo
• Finnish: hyvästit pl, jäähyväiset pl
• French: adieu (fr) m
• Greek: αποχαιρετισμός (el) m ‎(apochairetismós), αντίο (el) ‎(antío)
• Hungarian: istenhozzád (hu), búcsúszó
• Italian: addio (it)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: خواحافیزی ‎(xwa hafízí)

• Malay: ucapan selamat tinggal
• Polish: pożegnanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: adeus (pt) m
• Russian: проща́ние (ru) n ‎(proščánije)
• Slovak: zbohom n
• Spanish: adiós (es) m
• Swahili: baibai (sw), majaliwea (sw)
• Volapük: adyö (vo)