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cheers

intj · noun · verb · 6 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪəz/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /t͡ʃɪːz/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /t͡ʃɪjəz/
  • London: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northumbria: /t͡ʃɪæz/
  • Canada, General-American: chĭrz
  • Canada, General-American: /t͡ʃɪɹz/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /t͡ʃɪəz/
  • Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /t͡ʃiəz/
  • rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)z
  • CMU ARPABET: CH IH1 R Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

A common toast used when drinking in company.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

intj

Meaning 3

thank you

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

plural of cheer

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

third-person singular simple present indicative of cheer

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To say "cheers" as a toast (to someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

215 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gesondheid — toast when drinking
  • Afrikaans: tjorts — toast when drinking
  • Albanian: gëzuar — toast when drinking
  • Amharic: መልካም (mälkam) — toast when drinking
  • Arabic: في صحتك (fi ṣeḥḥétak) — toast when drinking
  • Arabic: بالصحة (bṣaḥa) — toast when drinking
  • Arabic: بصحتك (bṣaḥtek) — toast when drinking
  • Arabic: كاسك (kēsak) — toast when drinking
  • Arabic: كاسكن (kēskun) — toast when drinking
  • Arabic: صحة (ṣaḥḥa) — toast when drinking
  • Arabic: صحتك (ṣaḥḥtak) — toast when drinking
  • Arabic: بصحتك (biṣaḥḥtak) — toast when drinking
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܚܘܼܒܘܼܟ݂ (b-ḥubboḵ) — toast when drinking
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܚܘܼܒܵܟ݂ܝ (b-ḥubbāḵ) — toast when drinking
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܚܘܼܒܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (b-ḥubboḵon) — toast when drinking
  • Armenian: կենացդ (kenacʻd) — toast when drinking
  • Azerbaijani: şərəfə — toast when drinking
  • Azerbaijani: sağlığa — toast when drinking
  • Azerbaijani: sənin sağlığına — toast when drinking
  • Azerbaijani: sizin sağlığınıza — toast when drinking
  • Basque: topa — toast when drinking
  • Belarusian: будзьма (budzʹma) — toast when drinking
  • Breton: yec’hed mat — toast when drinking
  • Bulgarian: наздраве (nazdrave) — toast when drinking
  • Catalan: salut — toast when drinking
  • Chinese Cantonese: 乾杯 /干杯 (gon1 bui1) — toast when drinking
  • Chinese Cantonese: 飲勝 /饮胜 — toast when drinking
  • Chinese Cantonese: 飲杯 /饮杯 (jam2 bui1) — toast when drinking
  • Chinese Cantonese: 勝嘅 /胜嘅 — toast when drinking
  • Hakka Chinese: 乾杯 /干杯 (kôn-pî) — toast when drinking
  • Chinese: 乾杯 /干杯 (zh-min-nan) — toast when drinking
  • Chinese: 啉予焦 (lim hō͘ ta) — toast when drinking
  • Chinese: 予焦啦 (hō͘ ta--lah) — toast when drinking
  • Chinese: 乾啦 /干啦 (kan--lah) — toast when drinking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾杯 /干杯 (gānbēi) — toast when drinking
  • Cornish: yeghes da — toast when drinking
  • Czech: na zdraví — toast when drinking
  • Danish: skål — toast when drinking
  • Dutch: proost — toast when drinking
  • Esperanto: je via sano — toast when drinking
  • Esperanto: sanon — toast when drinking
  • Estonian: terviseks — toast when drinking
  • Estonian: proosit — toast when drinking
  • Faroese: skál — toast when drinking
  • Fijian: bula — toast when drinking
  • Finnish: kippis — toast when drinking
  • Finnish: hölökyn kölökyn — toast when drinking
  • French: à votre santé — toast when drinking
  • French: santé — toast when drinking
  • French: tchin-tchin — toast when drinking
  • West-Frisian: tsjoch — toast when drinking
  • Gagauz: saalık — toast when drinking
  • Galician: saúde — toast when drinking
  • Georgian: გაუმარჯოს (gaumarǯos) — toast when drinking
  • Georgian: გაგიმარჯოს (gagimarǯos) — toast when drinking
  • German: prost — toast when drinking
  • German: zum Wohl — toast when drinking
  • German: prost — toast when drinking
  • Greek: εις υγείαν (eis ygeían) — toast when drinking
  • Greek: στην υγειά... (stin ygeiá...) — toast when drinking
  • Greek: γεια μας (geia mas) — toast when drinking
  • Hebrew: לחיים (le'khaim) — toast when drinking
  • Hindi: चीयर्स (cīyars) — toast when drinking
  • Hungarian: egészségedre — toast when drinking
  • Icelandic: skál — toast when drinking
  • Indonesian: bersulang — toast when drinking
  • Indonesian: tos — toast when drinking
  • Irish: sláinte — toast when drinking
  • Italian: cin cin — toast when drinking
  • Italian: alla salute — toast when drinking
  • Italian: salute — toast when drinking
  • Italian: prosit — toast when drinking
  • Kazakh: денсаулығыңыз үшін (densaulyğyñyz üşın) — toast when drinking
  • Kazakh: саулығыңыз үшін (saulyğyñyz üşın) — toast when drinking
  • Khmer: សន្តិយុត្ត (sɑnte' yutta') — toast when drinking
  • Khmer: ជល់មួយ (cŭəlmuəy) — toast when drinking
  • Korean: 건배 (geonbae) — toast when drinking
  • Korean: 원샷 (wonsyat) — toast when drinking
  • Korean: or simply omit it. — toast when drinking
  • Ladin: viva — toast when drinking
  • Ladin: vives — toast when drinking
  • Lao: ຕໍາຈອກ (tam chǭk) — toast when drinking
  • Latin: propino — toast when drinking
  • Latvian: priekā — toast when drinking
  • Lithuanian: į sveikatą — toast when drinking
  • Luxembourgish: prost — toast when drinking
  • Macedonian: на здравје (na zdravje) — toast when drinking
  • Maltese: saħħa — toast when drinking
  • Maltese: evviva — toast when drinking
  • Marathi: चियर्स (ciyarsa) — toast when drinking
  • Mongolian: таны эрүүл мэндийн тѳлѳѳ (tany erüül mendiin tölöö) — toast when drinking
  • Navajo: ídlą́ — toast when drinking
  • Navajo: ohdlą́ — toast when drinking
  • Navajo: daʼohdlą́ — toast when drinking
  • Norman: santé! — toast when drinking
  • Norwegian: skål — toast when drinking
  • Occitan: Santat — toast when drinking
  • Occitan: a la vòstra — toast when drinking
  • Okinawan: カリーサビラ (karīsabira) — toast when drinking
  • Okinawan: カリー (karī) — toast when drinking
  • Pannonian Rusyn: наздраве (nazdrave) — toast when drinking
  • Persian: به سلامتی (be salâmati) — toast when drinking
  • Polish: na zdrowie — toast when drinking
  • Portuguese: saúde — toast when drinking
  • Portuguese: tim tim — toast when drinking
  • Romani: baxt — toast when drinking
  • Romani: sastipen — toast when drinking
  • Romanian: (hai) noroc! — toast when drinking
  • Romanian: sănătate! — toast when drinking
  • Romansh: viva — toast when drinking
  • Russian: за ва́ше здоро́вье (za váše zdoróvʹje) — toast when drinking
  • Russian: за твоё здоро́вье (za tvojó zdoróvʹje) — toast when drinking
  • Russian: but "за ваше здоровье" is most used. — toast when drinking
  • Russian: пей до дна́ (pej do dná) — toast when drinking
  • Russian: за здоро́вье (za zdoróvʹje) — toast when drinking
  • Scottish Gaelic: slàinte — toast when drinking
  • Serbo-Croatian: уздравље — toast when drinking
  • Serbo-Croatian: живели — toast when drinking
  • Serbo-Croatian: чин чин — toast when drinking
  • Serbo-Croatian: uzdravlje — toast when drinking
  • Serbo-Croatian: živeli — toast when drinking
  • Serbo-Croatian: čin čin — toast when drinking
  • Sicilian: â saluti! — toast when drinking
  • Sicilian: pròsita! — toast when drinking
  • Sicilian: San Brasi! — toast when drinking
  • Slovak: na zdravie — toast when drinking
  • Slovene: na zdravje — toast when drinking
  • Spanish: salud — toast when drinking
  • Spanish: chinchín — toast when drinking
  • Swahili: maisha marefu — toast when drinking
  • Swahili: afya — toast when drinking
  • Swahili: vifijo — toast when drinking
  • Swedish: skål — toast when drinking
  • Tagalog: tagay — toast when drinking
  • Thai: ไชโย (chai-yoo) — toast when drinking
  • Thai: ชนแก้ว (chon-gɛ̂ɛo) — toast when drinking
  • Turkish: şerefe — toast when drinking
  • Udmurt: сябась (śabaś) — toast when drinking
  • Ukrainian: бу́дьмо (búdʹmo) — toast when drinking
  • Ukrainian: бува́ти здоро́в (buváty zdoróv) — toast when drinking
  • Urdu: جام (jām) — toast when drinking
  • Urdu: شاد (śād) — toast when drinking
  • Urdu: سَلام (salām) — toast when drinking
  • Vietnamese: cam pôi — toast when drinking
  • Vietnamese: sự cạn ly — toast when drinking
  • Vietnamese: nâng cốc chúc mừng — toast when drinking
  • Walloon: a vosse santé — toast when drinking
  • Walloon: santé — toast when drinking
  • Walloon: a ti — toast when drinking
  • Welsh: iechyd da — toast when drinking
  • Yiddish: לחיים (lekhayem) — toast when drinking
  • Afrikaans: totsiens — informal: goodbye
  • Chinese Mandarin: 祝好 (zhù hǎo) — informal: goodbye
  • Danish: hej hej, vi ses — informal: goodbye
  • Dutch: tot ziens — informal: goodbye
  • Dutch: tot later — informal: goodbye
  • Dutch: ciao — informal: goodbye
  • Dutch: hoi — informal: goodbye
  • Dutch: doei — informal: goodbye
  • Dutch: doeg — informal: goodbye
  • Dutch: ik zie je — informal: goodbye
  • Dutch: later — informal: goodbye
  • Dutch: salu — informal: goodbye
  • Dutch: salut — informal: goodbye
  • Dutch: slukes — informal: goodbye
  • Estonian: tsau — informal: goodbye
  • Finnish: terve — informal: goodbye
  • Finnish: moikka — informal: goodbye
  • French: à plus — informal: goodbye
  • French: salut — informal: goodbye
  • French: ciao — informal: goodbye
  • German: tschüss — informal: goodbye
  • Greek: γεια (geia) — informal: goodbye
  • Italian: ciao, ci vediamo — informal: goodbye
  • Kazakh: сау бол (sau bol) — informal: goodbye
  • Kazakh: кездескенше (kezdeskenşe) — informal: goodbye
  • Macedonian: чао (čao) — informal: goodbye
  • Persian: خداحافظ (xodâhâfez) — informal: goodbye
  • Polish: cześć — informal: goodbye
  • Portuguese: tchau — informal: goodbye
  • Romanian: pa — informal: goodbye
  • Russian: пока́ (poká) — informal: goodbye
  • Sicilian: ni videmu — informal: goodbye
  • Spanish: nos vemos — informal: goodbye
  • Swedish: hej — informal: goodbye
  • Swedish: mors — informal: goodbye
  • Swedish: morsning — informal: goodbye
  • Swedish: tja — informal: goodbye
  • Turkish: güle güle — informal: goodbye
  • Ukrainian: па-па́ (pa-pá) — informal: goodbye
  • Ukrainian: бува́й (buváj) — informal: goodbye
  • Afrikaans: dankie — informal: thank you
  • Chinese Mandarin: 謝謝 /谢谢 (xièxie) — informal: thank you
  • Danish: tak — informal: thank you
  • Dutch: dank je — informal: thank you
  • Dutch: dankjewel/dank je wel — informal: thank you
  • Dutch: bedankt — informal: thank you
  • Dutch: jo — informal: thank you
  • Dutch: joe — informal: thank you
  • Dutch: thanks — informal: thank you
  • Dutch: merci — informal: thank you
  • Dutch: mercikes — informal: thank you
  • Estonian: tänud — informal: thank you
  • Finnish: kiitti — informal: thank you
  • French: merci — informal: thank you
  • German: danke — informal: thank you
  • Macedonian: фала (fala) — informal: thank you
  • Malay: terima kasih — informal: thank you
  • Polish: dzięki — informal: thank you
  • Portuguese: valeu — informal: thank you
  • Romanian: mersi — informal: thank you
  • Russian: спаси́бо (spasíbo) — informal: thank you
  • Spanish: gracias — informal: thank you
  • Turkish: teşekkürler — informal: thank you
  • Welsh: diolch — informal: thank you