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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ciao. Doublet of Slovan.
Pronunciation
Interjection
čau
- hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
- Synonyms: ahoj, čus
- bye (informal farewell)
- Synonyms: ahoj, čus
Further reading
- “čau”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “čau”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “čau”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Latvian
Interjection
čau
- hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
- bye (informal farewell)
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ciao.
Pronunciation
Interjection
čau
- hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
- bye (informal farewell)
Further reading
- “čau”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024