sayonara

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See also: sayōnara

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”).

Pronunciation

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
    • 2001 June 23, Sonic Team USA, Sonic Adventure 2, Sega, published 2001:
      Sonic: Sayonara! Shadow the Hedgehog!

Descendants

  • → Greek: σαγιονάρα (sagionára)
  • → Spanish: sayonara

Translations

Noun

sayonara (plural sayonaras)

  1. An utterance of sayonara, the wishing of farewell to someone.
    • 1999, Hell to Pay, →ISBN, page 19:
      After a simply marvelous, entertaining two and a half hour meal, they reclaimed their shoes and ceremoniously bid their sayonaras to the Japanese girls.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: sa‧yo‧na‧ra

Interjection

sayonara

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

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

sayonara

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さよなら

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.jɔˈna.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: sa‧yo‧na‧ra

Interjection

sayonara

  1. (colloquial) sayonara, farewell

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sayonara, from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”). Use for footwear comes from first seeing this footwear in the 1957 film Sayonara. Cognate with Greek σαγιονάρα (sagionára, “flip-flop, thong, jandal”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /saʝoˈnaɾa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /saʃoˈnaɾa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /saʒoˈnaɾa/

  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: sa‧yo‧na‧ra

Noun

sayonara f (plural sayonaras)

  1. (Peru) flip-flop, thong (Australia), jandal (New Zealand)
    Synonyms: bamba, chancla, chola, ojota, slap
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