чао

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao, an adaptation of Venetian s-ciao (“I am at [your] service”) from Latin sclavus (“slave”); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃa̟o]

Interjection

ча́о • (čáo)

1. (colloquial) bye

References

• “чао”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чао”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaɔ]

Interjection

чао • (čao)

1. (colloquial) bye

Derived terms

• чао чао (čao čao)

See also

• поздрав (pozdrav)
• пријатно (prijatno)
• се гледаме (se gledame)
• до гледање (do gledanje), до видување (do viduvanje)
• збогум (zbogum)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕao]

Interjection

ча́о • (čáo)

1. goodbye (farewell)
2. ciao

Synonyms

• приве́т (privét)
• ча́о-кака́о (čáo-kakáo)