"ciao" meaning in French

See ciao in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /tʃa.o/, /tʃaw/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-ciao.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: tchao [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye; your (humble) servant”), from Venetan s-ciao (“servant, slave”) or s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and Old Venetan S-ciavón (“Slav”), from Latin Sclavonia (“Slavonia”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|:bor|it:ciao}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "s-ciao, sciavo", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*Slov-", "is_uncertain" : true, "gloss" : "Dnieper", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*slov-", "lang_name" : "Proto-Slavic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "lang_name" : "substrate", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qfa-sub" }, { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱlewH-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "sla-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Slavic", "term" : "*-ǫta", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "sla-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Slavic", "term" : "*Slovǫta", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sla-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "noun-forming suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Balto-Slavic", "term" : "*-ēnas", "lang" : "ine-bsl-pro" }, { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives of materials", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-nós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-iHnos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Slavic", "term" : "*-inъ", "lang" : "sla-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Slavic", "term" : "*-ěninъ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sla-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Slavic", "term" : "*slověninъ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sla-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Σκλαβηνός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Medieval Greek", "term" : "Σκλᾰ́βος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gkm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "Sclavus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "sclavus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-med" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Venetan", "term" : "sciavo", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "vec" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "ciao", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "ciao", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="ciao">, {{bor+|fr|it|ciao||hello, goodbye}} Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), {{der|fr|vec|ciao||hello, goodbye; your (humble) servant}} Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye; your (humble) servant”), {{der|fr|vec|s-ciao||servant, slave}} Venetan s-ciao (“servant, slave”), {{der|fr|la-med|sclavus||Slav, slave}} Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), {{cog|it|schiavo}} Italian schiavo, {{cog|en|Slav}} English Slav, {{cog|vec-old|S-ciavón||Slav}} Old Venetan S-ciavón (“Slav”), {{der|fr|la|Sclavonia||Slavonia}} Latin Sclavonia (“Slavonia”), {{etymon|fr|:bor|it:ciao}}
  1. ciao Synonyms: adieu, au revoir, salut, tschüs
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "intj",
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        {
          "word": "adieu"
        },
        {
          "word": "au revoir"
        },
        {
          "word": "salut"
        },
        {
          "word": "tschüs"
        }
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      "ipa": "/tʃa.o/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tʃaw/"
    },
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        "French terms derived from Medieval Greek",
        "French terms derived from Medieval Latin",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ciao"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ciao",
          "ciao#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "adieu"
        },
        {
          "word": "au revoir"
        },
        {
          "word": "salut"
        },
        {
          "word": "tschüs"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʃa.o/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʃaw/"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-ciao.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-ciao.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-ciao.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-ciao.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ciao"
}

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