Standard Lemma guide

arrivederci

intj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /əˌɹiːvəˈdɛətʃi/

1

intj

Meaning 1

farewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An Italian farewell by saying "arrivederci".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a farewell remark

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they said their good-byes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adieu, adios, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farewell, word of farewell

History

Etymology

From Italian arrivederci (“goodbye”), from a (“to”) with rivederci (“to see each other again”), from the infinitive rivedersi (“to see each other again, to meet again”), from ri- (“re-”) with the infinitive vedersi (“to see each other”), from vedere (“to see”) with the variable pronoun si (“oneself; one another”).

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Greek: αριβεντέρτσι (ariventértsi) — Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • Gujarati: અર્રીવેડેર્ચી (arrīveḍercī) — Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • Hindi: आररीवेडेरची (ārrīveḍercī) — Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • Hindi: अर्रीवेडेर्ची (arrīveḍercī) — Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • Japanese: アリベデルチ (aribederuchi) — Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • Japanese: アリヴェデルチ (arivederuchi) — Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • Japanese: アリーヴェデルチ (arīvederuchi) — Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • Kannada: ಅರ್ರೀವೇಡೆರ್ಚೀ (arrīvēḍercī) — Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • Korean: 아리베데르치 (aribedereuchi) — Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • Russian: арриведе́рчи (arrivedɛ́rči) — Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • Telugu: అర్రీవేడెర్చీ (arrīvēḍercī) — Italian farewell (transliterations only)
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