Phrase guide

good day

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

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Meaning 1

A somewhat formal greeting generally used between sunrise and sunset.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, formal

Examples

  • Good day, gentlemen.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: g'day

Antonyms: none provided

2

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Meaning 2

A dismissal; sometimes used to express annoyance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, formal

Examples

  • Perhaps another time. Good day.

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, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, sayonara, so long

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farewell, word of farewell

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: уа, мшы бзиа (wa, mŝə bzja) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Afrikaans: goeiedag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Albanian: mirëdita — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Arabic: نَهَارَك سَعِيد (nahārak saʕīd) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Arabic: مَسَاء اَلْخَيْر (masāʔ al-ḵayr) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Arabic: مَسَاء اَلنُّور (masāʔ an-nūr) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (yāwmā brīḵā) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Armenian: բարի օր (bari ōr) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Aromanian: bunã dzua — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Aymara: suma urukiya — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Basque: egun on — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Belarusian: до́бры дзень (dóbry dzjenʹ) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Bengali: শুভ দিন (śubho din) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Central Bikol: marhay na aldaw — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Breton: demat — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Bulgarian: добъ́р ден (dobǎ́r den) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Catalan: bon dia — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Cebuano: maayong adlaw — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Chechen: де дика дойла (de dika dojla) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日安 (rì'ān) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Chinese Mandarin: 你好 (nǐhǎo) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Czech: dobrý den — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Danish: goddag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Dutch: goedendag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Dutch: goeiedag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Esperanto: bonan tagon — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Estonian: tere päevast — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Faroese: góðan dag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Finnish: hyvää päivää — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Finnish: päivää — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • French: bonjour — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • West-Frisian: goeie — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Galician: bos días — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Georgian: დღე მშვიდობისა (dɣe mšvidobisa) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • German: guten Tag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • German: Tach — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • German: guete Tag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Greek: καλημέρα (kaliméra) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Greenlandic: kutaa — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Hanunoo: mayad pag sirang — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Hausa: barka da rana — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Hawaiian: aloha awakea — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Hebrew: יום נעים (yom na'ím) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם (shalom) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Hindi: नमस्ते (namaste) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • White Hmong: nyob zoo — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Hungarian: jó napot — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Hungarian: jó napot kívánok — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Icelandic: góðan dag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Ido: bona jorno — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Ilocano: naimbag nga aldaw — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Indonesian: selamat sore — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Indonesian: selamat siang — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Ingrian: tere päivää — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Ingrian: hyvvää päivää — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Italian: buon giorno — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Italian: buongiorno — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Iu Mien: yiem longx nyei — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Japanese: こんにちは (konnichi wa) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Japanese: 今日は (konnichi wa) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Javanese: sugeng siang — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Javanese: sugeng rinten — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Kapampangan: mayap a aldo — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Karelian: hyviä päiviä — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Karelian: terveh taloih — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃល្អ (tŋay l’ɑɑ) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Khmer: ទិវាសួស្ដី (ti’vie suəsdəy) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Komi-Zyrian: бур лун (bur lun) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Korean: 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Korean: 안녕하십니까 (annyeonghasimnikka) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Korean: 안녕 (annyeong) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Northern Kurdish: rojbaş — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Latvian: labdien — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Latvian: laba diena — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Lithuanian: labà dienà — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Low German: guden Dag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Low German: gu'n Dag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Low German: gun Dag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Luganda: osiibye otyanno? — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Luxembourgish: gudden Dag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Macanese: bôm-dia — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Macedonian: добар ден (dobar den) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Malagasy: manao ahoana — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Malagasy: tsarandro — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Malagasy: tsara andro — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Malay: selamat pagi — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Maltese: il-ġurnata t-tajba — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Navajo: yáʼátʼééh — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Norwegian: god dag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Northern Ohlone: HorSe Tuuxi — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Ojibwe: boozhoo — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Ossetian: дӕ бон хорз (dæ bon xorz) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Ossetian: дӕ бон хуарз (dæ bon xwarz) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Pannonian Rusyn: добри дзень (dobri dzenʹ) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Persian: روز بخیر (ruz be-xeyr) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Persian: وقت بخیر (vaqt be-xeyr) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Persian: روز خوش (ruz-e xoš) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Polish: dzień dobry — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Portuguese: bom dia — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Potawatomi: mno gizhget — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Quechua: allin p'unchay — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Quechua: allin p'unchaj — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Romani: laćho dǐves — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Romani: dobroj tut — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Romani: dobroj tumen — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Romanian: bună ziua — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Russian: до́брый день (dóbryj denʹ) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Inari-Sami: pyeri peivi — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Northern Sami: buorrẹ beaivi — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Skolt-Sami: tiõrv — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Southern Sami: buerie biejjie — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Scottish Gaelic: latha math — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Serbo-Croatian: до̏бар да̑н — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Serbo-Croatian: dȍbar dȃn — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Slovak: dobrý deň — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Slovene: dóber dán — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Lower Sorbian: dobry źeń — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Upper Sorbian: dobry dźeń — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Spanish: buenos días — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Spanish: buenas — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Sranan Tongo: odi — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Swahili: habari za mchana — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Swahili: habari za leo — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Swahili: siku njema — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Swedish: god dag — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Tagalog: magandang araw — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Thai: สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Turkish: iyi günler — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Udmurt: бур нуналэн (bur nunalen) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Ukrainian: до́брий день (dóbryj denʹ) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Ukrainian: добридень (dobrydenʹ) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Unami: wëli kishku — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Urdu: روز بخیر (roz baxair) — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Walloon: bondjoû — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Walloon: diewåde — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Welsh: dydd da — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Zulu: sawubona — greeting between sunrise and sunset
  • Zulu: sanibonani — greeting between sunrise and sunset