cheerio en · INTJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈtʃɪəɹi.əʉ/ (Australia)
- /ˈtʃɛːɹi.əʊ/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
- [ˈtʃiɾe.o] (Scotland)
- /ˈtʃiɾe.o/ (Scotland)
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- /ˈtʃɪəɹi.əʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtʃɪːɹɪjəw/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈtʃiəɹi.ɐʉ/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈt͡ʃɪɹi.oʊ/ (US)
Etymology
From cheer and/or cheery + -o.
Meanings
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) Goodbye, an interjection said upon parting.
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".
2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 50:"In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!"
1921, P. G. Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, ch. XIII. Rallying Round Percy:
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(rare) Hello; a greeting.
Cheerio, everybody! What a delightful gathering of charming femininity!
1947, Anita Bell, He Done Her Wrong:
Deriveds
Translations (45)
mk по́здрав (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · mk здра́во (hello — see also hi) · cs servus (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · pl cześć (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · cmn 拜拜 (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · de hallo (hello — see also hi) · fi hei (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · cmn 再會 /再会 (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ko 안녕 (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ja こんにちは (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · de tschüss (goodbye, toodeloo — see also bye) · ru пока́ (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · cs čau (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · sh bok (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ru здоро́во (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ja どうも (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ja じゃ (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ru бу́дь здоро́ва! (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · hi बंदगी (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ja では (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · fr salut (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · mk до виду́вање (goodbye, toodeloo — see also bye) · fi heippa (goodbye, toodeloo — see also bye) · cs ahoj (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ja バイバイ (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ru приве́т (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · pl pa (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · cs ahoj (hello — see also hi) · cs ahoj (goodbye, toodeloo — see also bye) · mk до гле́дање (goodbye, toodeloo — see also bye) · ja またね (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · fi terve (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ja バイ (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · it ciao (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · gd tìoraidh (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · cmn 你好 (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ja やあ (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ru бу́дьте здоро́вы! (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · nl hoi (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · sh бок (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · cs nashle (goodbye, toodeloo — see also bye) · nl doei (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · cmn 嗨 (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · ru бу́дь здоро́в! (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting) · cmn 喂 (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting)