"sayonara" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˌsaɪəˈnɑːɹə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sayonara.wav
Rhymes: -ɑːɹə Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|さよなら|tr=sayonara}} Japanese さよなら (sayonara) Head templates: {{en-interj}} sayonara
  1. (informal, often humorous, especially used when referring to Japan) Goodbye, adieu. Tags: especially, humorous, informal, often Categories (place): Japan Translations (goodbye, in reference to Japan): سَايُونَارَا (sāyūnārā) (Arabic), საიონარა (saionara) (Georgian), σαγιονάρα (sagionára) (Greek), סַיּוֹנַרַה (sayonárah) (Hebrew), szajonara (Hungarian), sayonara (Indonesian), さようなら (sayōnara) (Japanese), さよなら (sayonara) (Japanese), 사요나라 (sayonara) (Korean), سایونارا (sâyonârâ) (Persian), sajonara (Polish), сайона́ра (sajonára) (Russian), саёнара (sajónara) (Russian), сајонара [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), sajonara [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ซาโยนาระ (saa-yoo-naa-rá) (Thai), סייַאָנאַראַ (sayonara) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-sayonara-en-intj-fBZBVnTC Disambiguation of Japan: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English farewells, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English farewells: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 90 10 Synonyms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, cheers, ciao, farewell, goodbye, good day, shalom, so long, tot ziens

Noun

IPA: /ˌsaɪəˈnɑːɹə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sayonara.wav Forms: sayonaras [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːɹə Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|さよなら|tr=sayonara}} Japanese さよなら (sayonara) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sayonara (plural sayonaras)
  1. An utterance of sayonara, the wishing of farewell to someone.
    Sense id: en-sayonara-en-noun-Ixt7BYfx

Inflected forms

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          "word": "سایونارا"
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          "sense": "goodbye, in reference to Japan",
          "word": "sajonara"
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          "word": "сайона́ра"
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      "roman": "sayonara",
      "sense": "goodbye, in reference to Japan",
      "word": "사요나라"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sâyonârâ",
      "sense": "goodbye, in reference to Japan",
      "word": "سایونارا"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "goodbye, in reference to Japan",
      "word": "sajonara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sajonára",
      "sense": "goodbye, in reference to Japan",
      "word": "сайона́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sajónara",
      "sense": "goodbye, in reference to Japan",
      "word": "саёнара"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "goodbye, in reference to Japan",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "сајонара"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "goodbye, in reference to Japan",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sajonara"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "saa-yoo-naa-rá",
      "sense": "goodbye, in reference to Japan",
      "word": "ซาโยนาระ"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "sayonara",
      "sense": "goodbye, in reference to Japan",
      "word": "סייַאָנאַראַ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sayonara"
}

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    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
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    }
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          "text": "After a simply marvelous, entertaining two and a half hour meal, they reclaimed their shoes and ceremoniously bid their sayonaras to the Japanese girls.",
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        }
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    },
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}

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