"greetings" meaning in English

See greetings in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋz/ Audio: En-us-greetings.oga
Head templates: {{en-interj}} greetings
  1. (sometimes formal, sometimes humorous) Hello. Tags: formal, humorous, sometimes Translations (formal way of saying "hello"): saluut (Dutch), gegroet (Dutch), salutations (French), Grüße (German), 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails) (Gothic), χαίρετε (chaírete) (Greek), saluti (Italian), luid (Kapampangan), поклонъ (poklonŭ) (Old East Slavic), saudações (Portuguese), saludos (Spanish), saludes (Spanish), var hälsad (Swedish)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋz/ Audio: En-us-greetings.oga
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  1. plural of greeting Tags: form-of, plural Form of: greeting
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          "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
          "word": "saluut"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
          "word": "gegroet"
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          "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
          "word": "Grüße"
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          "code": "got",
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          "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
          "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chaírete",
          "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
          "word": "χαίρετε"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
          "word": "saluti"
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          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
          "word": "luid"
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          "code": "orv",
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          "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
          "word": "saudações"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
          "word": "saludos"
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      "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃"
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      "word": "saudações"
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      "word": "saludes"
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      "word": "var hälsad"
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