"greetings" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋz/ Audio: En-us-greetings.oga [US]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} greetings
  1. (sometimes formal, sometimes humorous) Hello. Tags: formal, humorous, sometimes Categories (topical): Greetings 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), var hälsad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-greetings-en-intj-LYvX2btf Disambiguation of Greetings: 100 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋz/ Audio: En-us-greetings.oga [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} greetings
  1. plural of greeting Tags: form-of, plural Form of: greeting
    Sense id: en-greetings-en-noun-1wGzbY7J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 68

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      "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
      "word": "saudações"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
      "word": "saludos"
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      "sense": "formal way of saying \"hello\"",
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