so long

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See also: Solong

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare to Swedish hej så länge and Russian пока (poka). See Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “so long”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

(informal) Goodbye; a valediction used when leaving or departing from a person or place.

Translations

informal: goodbye

Armenian: ցե (cʻe), հաջո՛ղ (hy) (haǰóġ)
Azerbaijani: hələlik (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拜拜 (zh) (báibái), 再見／再见 (zh) (zàijiàn)
Finnish: moikka (fi)
French: à bientôt (fr), salut (fr)
German: bis bald (de)
Hebrew: כל טוב (kol tov)
Hungarian: viszlát (hu), szia (hu)
Icelandic: sjáumst (is)
Italian: addio (it), a presto
Norwegian: ha det
Russian: пока́ (ru) (poká), до ско́рого (do skórovo)
Spanish: hasta la vista, hasta pronto (es), hasta luego (es), nos vemos
Swedish: ajöss (sv)
Vietnamese: tạm biệt (vi)
Walloon: disca (wa), ada (wa)

See also

so long as

References

“so long”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“so long”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “so long”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

Golson, Longos, logons, logs on, loongs

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