čau

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

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ciao. Doublet of Slovan.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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čau

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

Further reading

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  • čau”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • čau”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • čau”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latvian

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Interjection

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čau

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

Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ciao.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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čau

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

Further reading

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  • 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, 2003–2024