What does goodbye mean?
Definitions for goodbye
good·bye
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word goodbye.
Princeton's WordNet
adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long(noun)
a farewell remark
"they said their good-byes"
Wiktionary
goodbye(Noun)
An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.
John gave Rebecca a goodbye to wish her luck on her holiday.
Etymology: From earlier Godby, Godby'e, Godbwye, God b'w'y, God bwy yee, God buy you, God be wi' you: each a progressively shorter contraction of , with change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good day, etc.
goodbye(Interjection)
farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker or writer or person addressed is departing.
Etymology: From earlier Godby, Godby'e, Godbwye, God b'w'y, God bwy yee, God buy you, God be wi' you: each a progressively shorter contraction of , with change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good day, etc.
Freebase
Goodbye
"Goodbye" is a song by the Spice Girls, later included on their third studio album, Forever. It was released by Virgin Records on 14 December 1998 as a Christmas single, along with a previously unreleased song, "Christmas Wrapping". The song was written by the Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, and Matt Rowe, and is the group's first song without the vocals of Geri Halliwell.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'goodbye' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4069
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of goodbye in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of goodbye in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of goodbye in a Sentence
Perhaps one day it could even be used to help a grieving loved one say goodbye to a face they recognize or even to help people with Alzheimer's interact with a younger face they may remember.
I didnt grope anybody. I might have kissed somebody on the cheek to say goodbye and then licked them. Thats my thing I licked Carrie Fisher at a roast. Its me being funny. Im not trying to sexually harass people.
In parting, Compose a beautiful goodbye And the bliss will live on in memories symphony.
They were going to turn my life support off, but they wanted to give me one more night to see if I improved and they wanted to give my family a chance to say goodbye.
Goodbye, goodbye, I hate the word. Solitude has long since turned brown and withered, sitting bitter in my mouth and heavy in my veins.
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Translations for goodbye
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- абзиараҙыAbkhaz
- totsiensAfrikaans
- بَاي بَاي, وَدَاعًا, مَعَ السَّلَامَة, إِلَى اللِّقَاء, بسلامة, فِي أَمَانِ اللهArabic
- güle güle, xudafizAzerbaijani
- да паба́чэнняBelarusian
- дови́жданеBulgarian
- kenavoBreton
- adéu-siau, adéuCatalan, Valencian
- rozloučení, na shledanou, sbohemCzech
- [[hwyl]] [[fawr]]Welsh
- farvelDanish
- auf Wiederhören, bis bald, auf Wiedersehen, tschau, bis später, tschüss, auf WiederschauenGerman
- hede nyuieEwe
- αποχαιρετισμός, αντίοGreek
- adiaŭo, adiaŭEsperanto
- adiós, hasta la vista, nos vemos, hasta pronto, hasta luegoSpanish
- head aega, nägemistEstonian
- agurBasque
- بدرود, خدا نگهدار, خداحافظPersian
- jäähyväiset, hyvästi, hyvästit, kuulemiin, näkemiinFinnish
- moceFijian
- farvælFaroese
- au revoir, adieuFrench
- slán agat, slán leatIrish
- soraidh, beannachd leat, beannachd leibhScottish Gaelic
- adeus, deica logoGalician
- આવજોGujarati
- שָׁלוֹם, לְהִתְרָאוֹתHebrew
- सत श्री अकाल, ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़, राम-राम, नमस्तेHindi
- istenhozzád, viszlát, viszontlátásra, búcsúszóHungarian
- հաջողություն, ցտեսությունArmenian
- adeoInterlingua
- dag, bye-bye, selamat jalan, bye, selamat tinggalIndonesian
- kōmẹsiaIgbo
- til rividoIdo
- vertu sæll, bæ, bless, vertu sælIcelandic
- ciao, arrivederci, arrivederla, addioItalian
- ᓴᐃᒧInuktitut
- 失礼します, バイバイ, またね, では, さようなら, じゃあ, それでは, じゃ、またJapanese
- ნახვამდისGeorgian
- хош болKazakh
- bajKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- លាហើយKhmer
- ವಿದಾಯKannada
- 안녕히 계세요, 안녕, 잘 있어, 안녕히 가세요, 잘 가Korean
- خوا حافیز, خواحافیزی, خوات لهگهڵKurdish
- кош болKyrgyz
- salve, ave, valeLatin
- äddiLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- weerabaGanda
- ລາກ່ອນເດ, ສະບາຍດີLao
- viso geroLithuanian
- uz redzēšanos, atā, sveiks, visu labuLatvian
- hei konā, haere rā, hei konā rāMāori
- со здра́вје, ча́о, довидување, пријатноMacedonian
- баяртайMongolian
- selamat jalan, ucapan selamat tinggal, jumpa lagi, selamat tinggalMalay
- saħħa, ċaw, ċaw ċawMaltese
- tot ziens, doei, houdoe, dagDutch
- adjø, snakkes, hadet, avskjed, hadet bra, hei, farvel, ses, ha detNorwegian
- hágoóneeʼ, ánááʼahidiiłtsééh, nááʼahideeltsééhNavajo, Navaho
- giga-waabaminOjibwe, Ojibwa
- pożegnanie, do widzeniaPolish
- adeus, passe-bem, até-logo, tchauPortuguese
- a revairRomansh
- la revedere, paRomanian
- прощание, ча́о, до встре́чи, бай-ба́й, счастли́во, увидеться, пока́, до свида́нья, всего́ до́брого, до свида́ния, с бо́гомRussian
- pozdrav, do viđenja, збогом, до виђења, довиђења, doviđenja, zbogom, поздравSerbo-Croatian
- ආයුබෝවන්, ආයුබෝSinhala, Sinhalese
- zbohom, do videniaSlovak
- nasvídenje, adíjo, sréčno, zbógom, lép pozdràv, čáoSlovene
- mirë u pafshim, mirupafshimAlbanian
- farväl, hej då, adjö, hejSwedish
- tuonane tena, majaliwea, kwaheri, baibaiSwahili
- சென்று வருகிறேன்Tamil
- падруд, худо ҳофизTajik
- ลา ก่อน, สวัสดีThai
- güle güle, hoşlaşmaTurkmen
- paalamTagalog
- hoşça kalın, Allah'a ısmarladık, güle güleTurkish
- сау булыгыз, исән булыгыз, хушыгызTatar
- خوش ئەمىسە, خوشUyghur, Uighur
- до поба́ченняUkrainian
- نمستے, خدا حافظUrdu
- xayrUzbek
- xin chào, tạm biệtVietnamese
- adyö, leditVolapük
- årveyWalloon
- hamba kahleXhosa
- זייַ געזונטYiddish
- 再見Chinese
- hamba kahleZulu
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