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bye-bye en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /baɪˈbaɪ/
  • /ˈbaɪbaɪ/
  • /bəˈbaɪ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god Middle English God English God Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyétider.? Proto-Germanic *beuną Proto-West Germanic *beun Old English bēon Middle English been English be Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *wí Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *wíterosder. Proto-Indo-European *wíterom Proto-Germanic *wiþrą Proto-West Germanic *wiþr Old English wiþerclip. Old English wiþ Middle English wiþ English with Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you ▲ English goodinflu. English goodbyeclip. English byeredup. English bye-bye Reduplication of bye.

Meanings

  1. (childish, informal, often) Goodbye.
    • Bye bye! Let's play again some time! 1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
by-by alternative, rare lexicographic
buh-bye alternative, pronunciation-spelling lexicographic
byebye alternative lexicographic
bye bye alternative lexicographic

Translations (51)

lv sveiks (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ja またね (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · fa بای بای (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · th ลาก่อน (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · vi bái bai (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · aln marsi (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ro la revedere (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · no ha det (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · th บ๊ายบาย (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · fi hei hei (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ar إِلَى اَللِّقَاء (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · nl doei doei (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · fr salut (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · nl dag (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · cmn 再會 /再会 (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · no ha det bra (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · yue 拜拜 (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · es adiós (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ro pa-pa (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ru пока́ (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ko 안녕 (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ar بَاي بَاي (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · fa خداحافظ (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ja では (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · pl pa pa (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · lv atā (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · cmn 88 (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ru бай-ба́й (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · vi chào nha (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · vi bai (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ja じゃ、また (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · fi hei sitten (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · cmn 再見 /再见 (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · fr tchao (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · hi बाई बाई (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · es chau (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ja バイ (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ko 바이바이 (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · cmn 掰掰 (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · wa disca (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ko 빠이빠이 (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · yue 再見 /再见 (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · hu pá-pá (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · pt tchau tchau (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ja バイバイ (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · cmn 拜拜 (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · fr à plus (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · ja じゃあね (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · sq mirupafshim (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · hi अलविदा (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye) · id dadah (goodbye — see also bye, goodbye)

bye-bye en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /baɪˈbaɪ/
  • /ˈbaɪbaɪ/
  • /bəˈbaɪ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god Middle English God English God Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyétider.? Proto-Germanic *beuną Proto-West Germanic *beun Old English bēon Middle English been English be Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *wí Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *wíterosder. Proto-Indo-European *wíterom Proto-Germanic *wiþrą Proto-West Germanic *wiþr Old English wiþerclip. Old English wiþ Middle English wiþ English with Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you ▲ English goodinflu. English goodbyeclip. English byeredup. English bye-bye Reduplication of bye.

Meanings

  1. (childish, colloquial, often) A goodbye.
  2. (childish, colloquial) Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed.
    • "[H]e came to the gate of the city; and finding it shut lay him down and went to by-by!" 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 224:
    • Brush your teeth, it's time to go bye-bye.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
byebye alternative lexicographic
buh-bye alternative, pronunciation-spelling lexicographic
bye bye alternative lexicographic
by-by alternative, rare lexicographic
bye-byes Number=Plur lexicographic

Descendants

빠이빠이 · 拜拜 · بَاي بَاي · bái bai · बाई बाई · バイバイ · бай-ба́й · baj-baj · บ๊ายบาย · baybay

Synonyms

beddy-bye

Translations (9)

ru баю-бай (bedtime for a toddler) · pl pora snu (bedtime for a toddler) · ja おねんね (bedtime for a toddler) · gd bà bà (bedtime for a toddler) · fr dodo (bedtime for a toddler) · pl pożegnanie (goodbye) · de Heia (bedtime for a toddler) · hy բաբայ (bedtime for a toddler) · pl czas lulu (bedtime for a toddler)