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English
Etymology
From cheer and/or cheery + -o.
Pronunciation
Interjection
cheerio
- (British, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Goodbye, an interjection said upon parting.
1921, P. G. Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, ch. XIII. Rallying Round Percy:"In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!"
2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 50:But we all knew it wasn't the final end of the HST. This wasn't "goodbye", more like a "cheerio, see you someplace soon".
- (rare) Hello; a greeting.
1947, Anita Bell, He Done Her Wrong:Cheerio, everybody! What a delightful gathering of charming femininity!
Usage notes
Rarely used in North America. Although likely to be understood, it is likely to be considered humorous, and may be used in a parody of British English speakers.
Derived terms
Translations
goodbye, toodeloo
— see also byetranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 嗨 (zh) (hāi), 喂 (zh) (wèi), 你好 (zh) (nǐhǎo) (when greeting), 再會／再会 (zh) (zàihuì), 拜拜 (zh) (bàibài, bāibái, báibái) (when parting)
- Czech: servus (cs), ahoj (cs), čau (cs)
- Dutch: hoi (nl) (when greeting), doei (nl) (when parting)
- Finnish: terve (fi), hei (fi)
- French: salut (fr)
- Hindi: बंदगी (hi) (bandgī)
- Italian: ciao (it)
- Japanese: こんにちは (ja) (konnichi wa), やあ (yā), どうも (ja) (dōmo) (when greeting), では (de wa), またね (mata ne), じゃ (ja) (ja), バイバイ (ja) (baibai), バイ (ja) (bai) (when parting)
- Korean: 안녕 (ko) (annyeong)
- Macedonian: по́здрав (pózdrav) (when greeting and when parting)
- Polish: cześć (pl) (when greeting), pa (pl) (when parting)
- Russian: приве́т (ru) (privét), здоро́во (ru) (zdoróvo) (when greeting); пока́ (ru) (poká), бу́дь здоро́в! (ru) (búdʹ zdoróv!) (informal, to a man), бу́дь здоро́ва! (búdʹ zdoróva!) (informal, to a woman), бу́дьте здоро́вы! (ru) (búdʹte zdoróvy!) (formal or to a group) (when parting)
- Scottish Gaelic: tìoraidh
- Serbo-Croatian: bok (sh), бок
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Noun
cheerio (plural cheerios)
- (Queensland, New Zealand) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties.
1978, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, page 4230:The man who has gone around the cocktail circuit pounding cheerios to the end of time did not come in here and open his mouth once on the Bill.
Synonyms