GOODBYE

Multilingual Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Date "GOODBYE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references)

Crosswords: GOODBYE

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Departure

Leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista; stirrup cup; valedictorian.

Leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon; go off the stage, make one's exit; retire, withdraw, remove; vamoose, vamose; go one's way, go along, go from home; take flight, take wing; spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight; fly away, whip away; embark; go on board, go aboard; set sail' put to sea, go to sea; sail, take ship; hoist blue Peter; get under way, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one's chalks, cut one's stick; take leave; say good bye, bid goodbye; Noun: disappear; abscond; (avoid); entrain; inspan.

Interjection: begone!; (ejection); farewell! adieu! goodbye! good day! au revoir! fare you well! God bless you! God speed! all aboard! auf wiedersehen! au plaisir de vous revoir! bon voyage! gluckliche Reise! vive valeque!

Goodbye, Mr. Spaulding! (Big; writing credit: Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg)

Afraid I was gonna leave without giving you a goodbye kiss? (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett)

Hi and goodbye. (Sleepless in Seattle; writing credit: Nora Ephron)

I just came home to say goodbye to my wife and children. (The Others; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar)

If there had been, I assure you, I would have slapped your bottom goodbye and rode right off into the sunset! (Filthy Rich; writing credit: Barry E. Blitzer; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason)

You said goodbye, I said goodnight (It's All Been Done; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies; writing credit: Steven Page)

How do I say goodbye to what we had? (It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday; performing artist: Boyz II Men)

Goodbye Earl We need a break (Goodbye Earl; performing artist: Dixie Chicks)

So don't say goodbye (Don't Say Goodbye; performing artist: Paulina Rubio)

Don't say goodbye (Alive And Kicking; performing artist: Simple Minds; writing credit: Simple Minds)

If money could talk, it would say goodbye. (references; author: unknown)

Money talks. I'll not deny. I heard it once. It said goodbye. (references; author: unknown)

Aloha Means Goodbye (1974)

Goodbye I Love You (1974)

Neighbours and Wives Goodbye (1973)

The Long Goodbye (1973)

Goodbye dongkyeong (1972)

Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First to Say Goodbye) (performing artist: Gladys Knight & The Pips)

Goodbye (performing artist: Jagged Edge)

Goodbye Cruel World (performing artist: James Darren)

The Power Of Goodbye (performing artist: Madonna)

Goodbye To You (performing artist: Michelle Branch)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War (reference)

• Telling Christina Goodbye (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Long Goodbye (reference)

• Caillou - Goodbye Winter, Hello Springtime! (reference)

• Goodbye Mr Chips (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Time to Say Goodbye (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Florence Martus, Savannah's Waving Girl This statue commemorates a lady who brightened the lives of thousands of sailors Florence waved goodbye to hundreds of ships leaving the port of Savannah. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Pay phones on the docks were the primary means of saying goodbye or hello to family and friends with vessels coming and going. Credit: Fisheries.

Says goodbye.

Goodbye, ol' fellow, you've been a great help to me thus far. Credit: Library of Congress.

James Whitcomb Riley, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, with dog upon his lap, waving goodbye, on sidewalk in front of porch] / LCN. Credit: Library of Congress.

Long Beach (Calif.) Evacuation -- Young evacuees gayly wave goodbye to friends. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Union & Rebel officers taking the last drink after signing the papers of parole & exchange of prisoners, Goodbye. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S. Marines say goodbye to Guadalcanal. A newly-arrived U.S. Army soldier shakes hands in farewell to a U.S. Marine about to board the waiting barge for transit to a troop ship lying out in deeper water. This scene took place on the beach of Guadalcanal. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bus trip from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Washington, D.C. Saying goodbye at Knoxville bus station. Credit: Library of Congress.

Crowds waiting in the rain to say goodbye and good luck to President Coolidge outside the White House. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Travel

Poland

A businesswoman should not be surprised if a Polish man kisses her hand upon introduction, at subsequent meetings or saying goodbye. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "GOODBYE": bid goodbye ♦ goodbye everybody! ♦ kiss smb. goodbye ♦ say goodbye to ♦ when saying goodbye ♦ without even saying goodbye. Additional references.

Ending with "GOODBYE": Hello-goodbye.

Afrikaans

tot siens (bye, so long). (various references)

Bavarian

auf wiedaschaung (bye, so long). (various references)

Chinese 

再见 (Bye, bye-bye). (various references)

Czech

při louèení (when saying goodbye). (various references)

Danish

farvel (adieu, bye, farewell, good-bye), afsked (farewell, good-bye). (various references)

Dutch

vaarwel (adieu, bye, farewell, good-bye), adieu (adieu, bye, farewell, good-bye). (various references)

Esperanto

ĝis revido (bye, so long), adiaŭo (farewell, good-bye), adiaŭ (adieu, bye, farewell, good-bye). (various references)

Faeroese

farvæl (adieu, bye, farewell). (various references)

Finnish

hyvästi (adieu, bye, farewell, good-bye!). (various references)

French

adieu (good bye). (various references)

Frisian

farwol (adieu, bye, farewell), ôfskie (farewell). (various references)

German

auf Wiedersehen (adieu, bye, farewell, good bye, see you again, so long). (various references)

Greek 

αντίο (adieu, cheerio, farewell). (various references)

Hungarian

istenhozzád (farewell, goodby, valediction). (various references)

Icelandic

sjáumst (bye, so long), bless á meðan (bye, so long), bless (adieu, Bye, farewell, so long). (various references)

Irish

slÚn (adieu, bye, farewell), beannacht (adieu, blessing, bye, farewell). (various references)

Italian

arrivederci (bye, bye bye, see you later, see you soon, so, so long), addio (adieu, bye, bye bye, farewell). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

失礼 (discourtesy, Excuse me, impoliteness), アッ�"ア街�" (adenoid, Adenovirus, Adidas, appendicitis, Appian Way, Apple, apple pie, applique, Athens, attention, attention value, attest, carton, dubbing, style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation, up, up down, up style, up sweep, up to date, update, upload, upright, upright piano), アデノシン三燐酸 (10^-18, adenosine triphosphate, adept, Atonie, atopic, ATP, atto-, predisposition toward allergies). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しつれい (discourtesy, Excuse me, impoliteness), アデュー , アディオス (carton). (various references)

Korean 

안녕 (Bye). (various references)

Lombard

se vedom (adieu, bye, farewell). (various references)

Luxembourgish

äddi. (various references)

Norwegian

på gjensyn (bye, so long), farvel (adieu, bye, farewell, good-bye). (various references)

Papiamen

tanten (adieu, bye, farewell), so long (adieu, bye, farewell), despedida (farewell), ayo (adieu, bye, farewell), asta la vista (bye, so long). (various references)

Pig Latin

oodbyegay

Polish

pożegnanie, do widzenia (bye, so long), żegnaj. (various references)

Portuguese

adeus (adieu, bye, farewell, good-bye, vale, valediction). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

tchau. (various references)

Russian 

прощаться (bid farewell, bid goodbye, farewell, take leave of). (various references)

Scottish

beannachd leibh (adieu, bye, farewell), beannachd leat (adieu, bye, farewell). (various references)

Spanish

adiós (adieu, adios, by-by, bye, bye bye, cheerio, farewell, good bye). (various references)

Sranan

adyosi (adieu, bye, farewell). (various references)

Swahili

kwa herini (adieu, bye, farewell, good-bye), kwa heri (adieu, bye, farewell, good-bye). (various references)

Swedish

adjö (adieu, bye, farewell, good bye, good-bye), farväl (adieu, farewell, good bye, valediction), avsked (discharge, dismissal, dismission, farewell, leave, leave taking, leaving, parting, resignation, valediction). (various references)

Thai

คำกล่าวอำลา (good-by, good-bye). (various references)

Turkish

gülegüle (adieu, bye, farewell), güle güle (au revoir, ave, bye bye, farewell, good bye, take care, take care of yourself), hoşça kal (adieu, ave, bye bye, cheerio, good bye, goodday, ta-ta), elveda (adieu, farewell, good bye, goodday, Vale), allahaismarladik (adieu, bye, farewell), allahaısmarladık (adieu, au revoir, good bye). (various references)

Yucatec

tu heel k'iin (bye, so long). (various references)

Zulu

salani kahle (adieu, bye, farewell), sala kahle (adieu, bye, farewell), hambani kahle (adieu, bye, farewell), hamba kahle (adieu, bye, farewell). (various references)

ave, supervalebit, valeat, valebant, valebat, valebit, valens, valent, valentes, valenti, valentibus, valet. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "GOODBYE": goodbyes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"GOODBYE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Geobey, Goddb, Goldby, goodb, goodbyer, goombay. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: boogey, goodby.

-2 letters: bogey, booed, boogy, dogey, goody, gooey, gybed.

-3 letters: bode, body, bogy, boyo, doby, doge, dogy, edgy, gobo, goby, good, gybe, obey, oboe.

-4 letters: bed, beg, bey, bod, bog, boo, boy, bye, deb, dey, doe, dog, dye, ego, ged, gey, gob, god, goo, goy, obe, ode, yob, yod.

-5 letters: be, bo, by, de.

+1 letter: boogeyed, goodbyes.

+4 letters: coembodying.

+5 letters: forebodingly, gobbledygook.