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• /baɪ/
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• homophone: bi
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• homophone: buy
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• homophone: by
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• South-Asia: /bɑːj/
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• homophone: bhai (without aspiration)
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• homophone: boy (father-bother merger)
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• homophone: by (long PRICE)
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• CMU ARPABET: B AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Variant form of by, from Old English bī (“being near”).

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 bye Shortened form of goodbye.

Alternative forms.

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: paçim — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Gheg Albanian: tung — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Arabic: إِلَى اللِّقَاء (ʔilā l-liqāʔ) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Arabic: مَعَ السَّلَامَة (maʕa s-salāma) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Arabic: سَلَام (salām) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Arabic: مَعَ السَّلَامَة (maʕa s-salāma) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Arabic: سَلَام (salām) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Arabic: باي (bāy) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Armenian: բարով (barov) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Assamese: যাওঁ (zaü̃) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Assamese: আহোঁ (ahü̃) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Azerbaijani: xudafiz — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Bambara: a k'an be — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Bengali: খোদা হাফেজ (khoda hafez) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Bengali: আল্লাহ হাফেজ (allah hafez) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Bulgarian: ча́о (čáo) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Catalan: adeu — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chinese Cantonese: 拜拜 — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chinese Cantonese: 再見 /再见 (zoi3 gin3) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chinese: 再會 /再会 (chài-hōe) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chinese: 拜拜 (zh-min-nan) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chinese: 欲行囉 /欲行啰 (beh kian--lo͘) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chinese: 欲去囉 /欲去啰 (beh khì--lo͘) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chinese Mandarin: 再見 /再见 (zàijiàn) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chinese Mandarin: 再會 /再会 (zàihuì) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chinese Mandarin: 回見 /回见 (huíjiàn) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chinese Mandarin: 拜拜 (bàibài, bāibái, báibái) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chinese Mandarin: 88 (bābā) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chukchi: виин (viin) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Chukchi: аʼтав (aʼtav) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Czech: ahoj — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Czech: čau — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: dag — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: doei — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: doeg — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: tot ziens — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: tot weerziens — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: tot kijk — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: tot gauw — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: laters — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: hoie — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: houdoe — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: zwaai — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: toedels — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: toedeltjes — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: toedelpip — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: toedeloe — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: toedeledokie — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: tabee — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: moi — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: adieu — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: aju — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: ajuus — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: joe — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: jo — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Dutch: ciao — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Esperanto: ĝis — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Estonian: tsau — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Faroese: bei — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Faroese: adjø — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Finnish: hei hei — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Finnish: heippa — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Finnish: moikka — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Finnish: moi moi — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Finnish: hei — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• French: salut — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Galician: abur — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Galician: aburiño — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Galician: adeus — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Georgian: ნახვამდის (naxvamdis) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• German: baba — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• German: tschüss — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• German: tschö — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• German: tschau — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Greek: αντίο (antío) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Greek: γεια (geia) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Hebrew: ביי — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Hindi: अलविदा (alvidā) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Hindi: विदा (vidā) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• White Hmong: mus zoo — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Hungarian: viszlát — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Hungarian: szia — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Hungarian: pá — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Icelandic: bæ — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Icelandic: bless bless — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Icelandic: bæjó — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Ido: til — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Ido: chao — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Igbo: ngwānụ — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Indonesian: sampai — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Japanese: またね (mata ne) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Japanese: さようなら (sayounara) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Japanese: では (dewa) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Japanese: じゃ — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Japanese: じゃ、また (ja, mata) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Japanese: バイバイ (baibai) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Khmer: លាហើយ (liə haəy) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Korean: 안녕 (annyeong) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Korean: 잘 있어 (jal isseo) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Korean: 잘 가 (jal ga) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Korean: 빠이빠이 (ppaippai) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Lao: ສະບາຍດີ (sa bāi dī) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Lao: ໄປກ່ອນ (pai kǭn) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Latin: valē — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Latvian: atā — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Latvian: sveiks — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Latvian: uz redzēšanos — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Lithuanian: iki — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Malay: bai — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Maltese: ċaw — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Mongolian: пока (poka) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Nepali: अलविदा (alavidā) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Norwegian: adjø — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Norwegian: farvel — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Norwegian: ha det bra — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Polish: na razie — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Polish: pa — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Polish: pa pa — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Portuguese: tchau — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Portuguese: até mais — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Portuguese: até logo — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Portuguese: até breve — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Portuguese: adeus — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Romanian: pa — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Russian: пока́ (poká) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Russian: бай-ба́й (baj-báj) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Russian: ча́о (čáo) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Russian: уви́димся (uvídimsja) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Sinhalese: ආයුබෝ (āyubō) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Slovak: ahoj — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Slovak: čau — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Slovak: baj — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Slovene: adíjo — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Slovene: čáo — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Spanish: adiós — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Spanish: chau — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Spanish: chao — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Spanish: bay — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Spanish: agur — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Spanish: abur — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Spanish: chaufa — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Swedish: hej då — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Swedish: adjö — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Swedish: farväl — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Swedish: hej ha det bra — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Thai: บาย (baai) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Tibetan: ག་ལེ་ཕེབས (ga le phebs) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Tibetan: ག་ལེ་ཞུགས (ga le zhugs) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Turkish: güle güle — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Urdu: خُدا حافِظ (xudā ḥāfiz̤) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Urdu: اللہ حافظ (allāh ḥāfiz̤) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Urdu: فی امان اللہ (fī amān allāh) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Urdu: الوداع (alvidā‘) — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Vietnamese: bai — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Vietnamese: bái bai — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Vietnamese: chào — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Vietnamese: chào nha — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Vietnamese: tạm biệt — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Volapük: adyö — short for goodbye — see also goodbye
• Finnish: ei vastustajaa — The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed
• Māori: hipa — The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed