arrivederci
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From Italian arrivederci (“goodbye”), from a (“to”) with rivederci (“to see each other again”), from the infinitive rivedersi (“to see each other again, to meet again”), from ri- (“re-”) with the infinitive vedersi (“to see each other”), from vedere (“to see”) with the variable pronoun si (“oneself; one another”).
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arrivederci
- (in the context of Italy or Italian culture) farewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell)
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- See Thesaurus:goodbye.
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arrivederci (plural arrivedercis)
- An Italian farewell by saying "arrivederci".
- 2016, Vincent Spoto, Multiple Sclerosis... Why Not Me?, page 7:
- We said our arrivedercis to the people in the town the night before, as we made our rounds to about eight or ten homes and said goodbye to about thirty or forty “cousins.”
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Borrowed from Italian arrivederci (“goodbye”), from a (“to”) with rivederci (“to see each other again”), from the infinitive rivedersi (“to see each other again, to meet again”), from ri- (“re-”) with the infinitive vedersi (“to see each other”), from vedere (“to see”) with the variable pronoun si (“oneself; one another”). Cognate with French au revoir.
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arrivederci
- farewell, goodbye, arrivederci
- Synonym: au revoir
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From a (“to”) + rivederci (“to see each other again”), from rivedersi (“see each other again, meet again”). Cognate with French au revoir. See Romanian la revedere.
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arrivederci
- goodbye, so long, see you soon, see you (non-definitive farewell)
- Synonyms: (formal) arrivederla, (informal) ci vediamo, ci si vede
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arrivederci m (invariable)
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Etymology edit
From Italian arrivederci (“goodbye”), from a (“to”) with rivederci (“to see each other again”), from the infinitive rivedersi (“to see each other again, to meet again”), from ri- (“re-”) with the infinitive vedersi (“to see each other”), from vedere (“to see”) with the variable pronoun si (“oneself; one another”).
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arrivederci
- arrivederci (Italian farewell)