different between sayonara vs goodbye

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

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From earlier goodby, 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. Note the change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good day, etc.

Pronunciation

• enPR: go?odb??, IPA^(key): /??d?ba?/
• (also, General American) IPA^(key): /??d?ba?/, /???ba?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Interjection

goodbye

1. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Goodbye! - Goodbye, Anna.

Synonyms

• (formal): adieu, farewell
• (informal): catch you later, bye, bye-bye, see ya, see you, so long, mind how you go, ta ta, tatty bye, toodeloo, toodles, TTFN, ttyl
• (slang): buh-bye, hasta la vista, later, laters, keep it real, peace, peace out, take it easy; cya
• adios, arrivederci, au revoir, do svidanya/do svidaniya, sayonara
• (UK, informal): cheerio, cheers, cheery-bye, toodle pip (dated)
• See also: Thesaurus:goodbye

Hyponyms

• good night (during night)

Hypernyms

• aloha
• ciao

Derived terms

• kiss goodbye
• say goodbye

Related terms

• good riddance

Descendants

• Japanese: ????? (guddobai), ???? (gubbai)
• Afrikaans: koebaai (informal), baai (informal)

Translations

See also

• see you later
• arrivederci, au revoir

• good afternoon, (at midday)
• good day (during day)
• good eve, good evening (during the evening)
• good morn, good morning (during the morning)

Noun

goodbye (plural goodbyes)

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

   They made their good-byes.

Translations

Verb

goodbye (third-person singular simple present goodbyes, present participle goodbying, simple past and past participle goodbyed)

1. To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting.