"cheerio" meaning in English

See cheerio in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈt͡ʃɪəɹ.i.oʊ/ [US], [ˈt͡ʃiɹi.oʊ̯] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-cheerio.wav , EN-AU ck1 cheerio.ogg
Etymology: From cheer and/or cheery + -o. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||o}} + -o Head templates: {{en-interj}} cheerio
  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Goodbye, an interjection said upon parting. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal Categories (topical): Sausages Translations (goodbye, toodeloo — see also bye): ahoj (Czech), nashle (Czech), tschüss (German), до гле́дање (do glédanje) [formal] (Macedonian), до виду́вање (do vidúvanje) [formal] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-cheerio-en-intj-0kyBduD2 Disambiguation of Sausages: 43 6 51 Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English farewells, English terms suffixed with -o, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 9 33 Disambiguation of English farewells: 59 15 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -o: 54 19 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 13 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 8 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 7 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 63 8 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 58 16 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 62 9 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 51 14 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 61 12 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 67 8 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 62 11 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 62 11 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 61 8 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 62 9 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 64 12 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 62 11 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 59 11 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 62 8 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 62 9 30 Disambiguation of 'goodbye, toodeloo — see also bye': 93 7
  2. (rare) Hello; a greeting. Tags: rare Translations (hello — see also hi): ahoj (Czech), hallo (German), здра́во (zdrávo) (english: when greeting) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-cheerio-en-intj-VMLt7d~9 Categories (other): English greetings, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English greetings: 17 74 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 13 41 Disambiguation of 'hello — see also hi': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chip chip cheerio, Sheerio Translations (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting): (hāi) (Chinese Mandarin), (wèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 你好 (nǐhǎo) (english: when greeting) (Chinese Mandarin), 再會 /再会 (zàihuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 拜拜 (bàibài, bāibái, báibái) (english: when parting) (Chinese Mandarin), servus (Czech), ahoj (Czech), čau (Czech), hoi (english: when greeting) (Dutch), doei (english: when parting) (Dutch), terve (Finnish), hei (Finnish), salut (French), बंदगी (bandgī) (Hindi), ciao (Italian), こんにちは (konnichi wa) (Japanese), やあ (yā) (Japanese), どうも (dōmo) (english: when greeting) (Japanese), では (de wa) (Japanese), またね (mata ne) (Japanese), じゃ (Japanese), バイバイ (baibai) (Japanese), バイ (bai) (english: when parting) (Japanese), 안녕 (annyeong) (Korean), по́здрав (pózdrav) (english: when greeting and when parting) (Macedonian), cześć (english: when greeting) (Polish), pa (english: when parting) (Polish), приве́т (privét) (Russian), здоро́во (zdoróvo) (english: when greeting) (Russian), пока́ (poká) (Russian), бу́дь здоро́в! (búdʹ zdoróv!) [addressee-masculine, informal] (Russian), бу́дь здоро́ва! (búdʹ zdoróva!) [addressee-feminine, informal] (Russian), бу́дьте здоро́вы! (búdʹte zdoróvy!) (english: when parting) (note: formal or to a group) (Russian), tìoraidh (Scottish Gaelic), bok (Serbo-Croatian), бок (Serbo-Croatian)
Disambiguation of 'translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting': 52 48

Noun

IPA: /ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈt͡ʃɪəɹ.i.oʊ/ [US], [ˈt͡ʃiɹi.oʊ̯] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-cheerio.wav , EN-AU ck1 cheerio.ogg Forms: cheerios [plural]
Etymology: From cheer and/or cheery + -o. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||o}} + -o Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheerio (plural cheerios)
  1. (Queensland, New Zealand) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties. Tags: New-Zealand Categories (topical): Sausages Synonyms: cocktail sausage, little boy
    Sense id: en-cheerio-en-noun-rqdzqLvb Disambiguation of Sausages: 43 6 51 Categories (other): New Zealand English, Queensland English, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 13 41

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "hāi",
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      "word": "嗨"
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      "roman": "wèi",
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      "word": "喂"
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      "word": "你好"
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      "roman": "zàihuì",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "再會 /再会"
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      "word": "拜拜"
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      "word": "servus"
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      "lang": "Czech",
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      "word": "hoi"
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      "word": "doei"
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      "word": "terve"
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      "word": "hei"
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      "word": "salut"
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      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bandgī",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "बंदगी"
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      "word": "ciao"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konnichi wa",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "こんにちは"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "yā",
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      "word": "やあ"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōmo",
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      "word": "どうも"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "de wa",
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      "word": "では"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "mata ne",
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      "word": "またね"
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      "word": "じゃ"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "baibai",
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      "word": "バイバイ"
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      "english": "when parting",
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      "roman": "bai",
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      "word": "バイ"
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "word": "안녕"
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      "english": "when greeting and when parting",
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      "roman": "pózdrav",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "по́здрав"
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      "roman": "privét",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "приве́т"
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      "english": "when greeting",
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      "roman": "zdoróvo",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "здоро́во"
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      "roman": "poká",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "пока́"
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      "_dis1": "52 48",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "búdʹ zdoróv!",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "приве́т"
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      "audio": "EN-AU ck1 cheerio.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/EN-AU_ck1_cheerio.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_cheerio.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/EN-AU_ck1_cheerio.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cocktail sausage"
    },
    {
      "word": "little boy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheerio"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cheerio meaning in English (13.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Queensland, New Zealand",
  "path": [
    "cheerio"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cheerio",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Queensland, New Zealand",
  "path": [
    "cheerio"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cheerio",
  "trace": ""
}

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