greet

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• /ɡɹiːt/
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From Middle English greet, grete (“great”).

From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan, grǣtan (itself from Proto-West Germanic *grātan); and of Old English grēotan (itself from *greutan), both meaning "to weep, lament". Possibly reinforced in Northern England and Scotland by Old Norse gráta, whence also Danish græde, Norwegian gråte, Swedish gråta, all meaning "to cry, to weep".

From Middle English greten, from Old English grētan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną. Cognate with Dutch groeten, German grüßen, grüssen.

157 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَيَّا (ḥayyā) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Arabic: سلم (sallam) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Arabic: بلغ السلام (ballaḡ es-slām) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Armenian: ողջունել (oġǰunel) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Armenian: բարեւել (barewel) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Aromanian: bunuescu — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Aromanian: ghinuescu — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Aromanian: cãlimirsescu — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Aromanian: hiritisescu — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Asturian: saludar — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Azerbaijani: salamlamaq — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Azerbaijani: salamlaşmaq — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Azerbaijani: salam vermək — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Belarusian: віта́ць (vitácʹ) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Belarusian: здаро́ўкацца (zdarówkacca) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Belarusian: сустрака́ць (sustrakácʹ) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Bengali: অভিবাদন করা (obhibadon kora) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Bengali: অভিবাদন জানান (obhibadon janano) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Bulgarian: поздравявам (pozdravjavam) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Bulgarian: приветствам (privetstvam) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Burmese: နှုတ်ဆက် (hnuthcak) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Catalan: saludar — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Cherokee: ᎠᏲᎵᎭ (ayoliha) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Chinese Cantonese: 打招呼 (daa2 ziu1 fu1) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Chinese: 相借喙 — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Chinese Mandarin: 迎接 (yíngjiē) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Chinese Mandarin: 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohu) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Chinese Mandarin: 歡迎 /欢迎 (huānyíng) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Chukchi: мынгаймэтык (myngajmėtyk) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Ngazidja Comorian: ulaulia — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Czech: zdravit — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Czech: pozdravit — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Danish: hilse — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Dutch: begroeten — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Dutch: ontvangen — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Esperanto: saluti — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Estonian: tervitama — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Finnish: tervehtiä — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• French: saluer — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• French: recevoir — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Galician: saudar — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Georgian: მისალმება (misalmeba) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• German: begrüßen — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• German: grüßen — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Gothic: 𐌲𐍉𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gōljan) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Greek: χαιρετώ (chairetó) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Ancient Greek: ἀσπάζομαι (aspázomai) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Hindi: अभिवादन करना (abhivādan karnā) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Hindi: स्वागत करना (svāgat karnā) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Hindi: नमस्कार करना (namaskār karnā) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Hungarian: köszönt — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Hungarian: üdvözöl — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Hungarian: fogad — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Ingrian: terettää — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Italian: salutare — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Italian: dare il benvenuto — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Italian: fare gli auguri — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Italian: scambiarsi gli auguri — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Japanese: 挨拶する (aisatsu-suru) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Japanese: 出迎える (demukaeru) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Japanese: 歓迎する (kangei-suru) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Kazakh: амандасу (amandasu) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Kazakh: сәлемдесу (sälemdesu) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Khmer: គំនាប់ (kumnŏəp) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Khmer: វន្ទា (vŏəntiə) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Korean: 인사하다 (insa-hada) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Kyrgyz: саламдашуу (salamdaşuu) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Lao: ຄໍານັບ (kham nap) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Lao: ທັກ (thak) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Lao: ທັກທາຽ (thak thāi) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Latin: salūtō — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Latvian: sveikt — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Latvian: sveicināt — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Lithuanian: sveikinti — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Low German: begröten — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Luxembourgish: gréissen — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Macedonian: поздравува (pozdravuva) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Macedonian: поздрави (pozdravi) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Māori: owha — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Māori: oha — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Māori: mānawa — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Mongolian: мэндлэх (mendlex) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Nǀuu: nyebeke — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Occitan: saludar — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Persian: سلام دادن (salâm dâdan) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Polish: witać — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Portuguese: saudar — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Portuguese: cumprimentar — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Quechua: rimaykuy — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Romanian: saluta — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Romanian: întâmpina — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Russian: приве́тствовать (privétstvovatʹ) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Russian: здоро́ваться (zdoróvatʹsja) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Russian: встреча́ть (vstrečátʹ) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Russian: встре́тить (vstrétitʹ) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀здрављати — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀здравити — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Serbo-Croatian: pòzdravljati — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Serbo-Croatian: pòzdraviti — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Slovak: zdraviť — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Slovene: pozdravljati — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Slovene: pozdraviti — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Lower Sorbian: strowiś — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Lower Sorbian: witaś — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Spanish: saludar — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Swedish: hälsa — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Tagalog: bati — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Tagalog: magsaludo — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Tajik: салом додан (salom dodan) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Thai: ทัก (ták) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Thai: ทักทาย (ták-taai) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Tibetan: འཚམས་འདྲི་ཞུས ('tshams 'dri zhus) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Turkish: selamlamak — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Ottoman Turkish: سلاملامق (selâmlamak) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Turkmen: salamlaşmak — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Ukrainian: віта́ти (vitáty) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Ukrainian: здоро́ватися (zdoróvatysja) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Ukrainian: зустріча́ти (zustričáty) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Urdu: سلام کرنا (salām karnā) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Urdu: آداب کرنا (ādāb karnā) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Uyghur: سالاملاشماق (salamlashmaq) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Uzbek: salom bermoq — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Uzbek: salomlashmoq — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Vietnamese: chào — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Vietnamese: chào mừng — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Volapük: glidön — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Walloon: dire bondjoû — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Walloon: adegnî — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Walloon: fé sene bondjoû — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Walloon: priyî l' bondjoû — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Walloon: salouwer — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Welsh: annerch — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Welsh: cyfarch — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Yiddish: גריסן (grisn) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Yiddish: מקבל־פּנים זײַן (mekabl-ponem zayn) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Yiddish: באַגריסן (bagrisn) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Yiddish: אויפֿנעמען (oyfnemen) — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Zazaki: selam kerden — to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes
• Bulgarian: посрещам (posreštam) — to come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad
• Bulgarian: приемам (priemam) — to come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad
• Finnish: tervehtiä — to come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad
• Hungarian: köszönt — to come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad
• Hungarian: üdvözöl — to come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad
• Hungarian: fogad — to come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad
• Italian: accogliere — to come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad
• Bulgarian: заговарям (zagovarjam) — to accost; to address
• Finnish: tervehtiä — to accost; to address
• Italian: indirizzare — to accost; to address
• Dutch: groeten — intransitive: to meet and give salutations
• Dutch: tegemoet komen — intransitive: to meet and give salutations
• Finnish: tervehtiä — intransitive: to meet and give salutations
• Italian: salutare — intransitive: to meet and give salutations
• Italian: fare i convenevoli — intransitive: to meet and give salutations
• Italian: ossequiare — intransitive: to meet and give salutations
• Italian: omaggiare — intransitive: to meet and give salutations
• Spanish: saludar — intransitive: to meet and give salutations
• Tagalog: saludo — intransitive: to meet and give salutations