so long

See also: Solong

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare to Swedish hej så länge and Russian пока (poka). See Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “so long”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

so long

1. (informal) Goodbye; a valediction used when leaving or departing from a person or place.

Translations

informal: goodbye

• Armenian: ցե (cʿe), հաջո՛ղ (hy) (haǰóġ)
• Azerbaijani: hələlik (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拜拜 (zh) (báibái), 再見／再见 (zh) (zàijiàn)

• Finnish: moikka (fi)
• French: à bientôt (fr), salut (fr)
• German: bis bald (de)
• Hebrew: כל טוב‎ (kol tov)
• Hungarian: viszlát (hu), szia (hu)
• Icelandic: sjáumst (is)
• Italian: addio (it), a presto
• Norwegian: ha det
• Russian: пока́ (ru) (poká), до ско́рого (do skórovo)
• Spanish: hasta la vista, hasta pronto (es), hasta luego (es), nos vemos
• Swedish: ajöss
• Vietnamese: tạm biệt (vi)
• Walloon: disca (wa), ada (wa)

See also

• so long as

References

• “so long”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “so long”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “so long”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Golson, Longos, logons, logs on, loongs