different between farewell vs sayonara

English

Etymology

From Middle English farewel, from fare wel!, an imperative expression, possibly further derived from Old English *far wel!, equivalent to fare (“to fare, travel, journey”) +? well. Compare Scots farewele, fairweill (“farewell”), Saterland Frisian Foarwäil (“farewell”), West Frisian farwol (“farewell”), East Frisian forwal,Dutch vaarwel (“farewell (sadly)”), Danish farvel (“farewell”), Norwegian farvel (“farewell”), Swedish farväl (“farewell”), Faroese farvæl (“goodbye”), Icelandic far vel (“farewell”). The extensive list of cognates suggests a postulated ultimate Proto-Germanic phrase of origin, possibly something akin to *far wela.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f???w?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f????w?l/
• Rhymes: -?l
• Hyphenation: fare?well

Noun

farewell (plural farewells)

1. A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure

   Synonyms: goodbye, adieu
2. A departure; the act of leaving
   • September 14, 1710, Joseph Addison, The Examiner No. 1

     Before I take my farewell of the subject.

Translations

Adjective

farewell (not comparable)

1. Parting, valedictory, final.

   • “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.

   • 1858, John Saunders, Westland Marston, The National Magazine (volume 3, page 133)

     But with the first gray light of dawn he arose; and before drawing the white sheet veilingly over, he took a last farewell look at that angel face.

Translations

Interjection

farewell

1. Goodbye.

   He said "Farewell!" and left.

Translations

Verb

farewell (third-person singular simple present farewells, present participle farewelling, simple past and past participle farewelled)

1. To bid farewell or say goodbye.

Translations

Anagrams

• wellfare

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ???? (sayonara), shorter form of more traditional ????? (say?nara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa???n????/
• Rhymes: -????

Interjection

sayonara

1. (informal, often humorous, especially used when referring to Japan) Goodbye, adieu.

   Synonyms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, cheers, ciao, farewell, goodbye, good day, shalom, so long, tot ziens

Translations

Noun

sayonara (plural sayonaras)

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ???? (sayonara), shorter form of more traditional ????? (say?nara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sajo?nara]
• Hyphenation: sa?yo?na?ra

Interjection

sayonara

1. (informal, often humorous, especially used when referring to Japan) Goodbye, adieu.

Further reading

• “sayonara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

sayonara

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Spanish

Etymology

From the Japanese ????? (say?nara) or ???? (sayonara, “goodbye”), maybe by analogy with getas, the Japanese wooden clogs. Cognate with Greek ????????? (sagionára).This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

sayonara f (plural sayonaras)

1. (Peru) [[flip-flop, thong]] (Australia), jandal (New Zealand)

   Synonyms: bamba, chancla, chola, ojota, slap