What does goodbye mean?

Definitions for goodbye
good·bye

Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word goodbye.

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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"

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goodbye(Noun)
An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.
John gave Rebecca a goodbye to wish her luck on her holiday.
goodbye(Interjection)
farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker or writer or person addressed is departing.

Origin: 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.

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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

How to pronounce goodbye?

Alex
US English
Daniel
British
Karen
Australian
Veena
Indian

How to say goodbye in sign language?

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

Gloria Shayne:
Goodbye cruel world.
Roger Zelazny:
Goodbye, and hello, as always.
Mohamed Abdeslam:
They left without saying goodbye.
Min Yong Lee:
I left them without saying goodbye.
Cometan:
Goodbye my doubts, and good luck in hell.

Images & Illustrations of goodbye

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Translations for goodbye

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

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