arrivederci

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UK/əˌɹiːvəˈdɛətʃi/

interjection

farewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell)

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goodbyeadieuadiosauf wiedersehenau revoirbyebye-byecheerio
OriginItalian arrivederci →
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Meanings

interjection
  1. farewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell)

    Synonyms: goodbye

nounarrivederci (plural arrivedercis)

plural arrivedercis

  1. An Italian farewell by saying "arrivederci".

    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.”

    2016, Vincent Spoto, Multiple Sclerosis... Why Not Me?, page 7

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionfarewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell)

Similar
goodbye

More synonyms by meaning

nouna farewell remark

Similar
adieuadiosauf wiedersehenau revoirbyebye-byecheeriogood-bygoodbygood-byegoodbyegood daysayonaraso long
Broader
farewellword of farewell
Also see
adieuadiosauf wiedersehenau revoirbyebye-byecheeriociaogod be with yougoodbygoodbyegood daysayonarasmell you laterso long

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Italianarrivederci“goodbye”
  2. Englisharrivederci

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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Translations

Greek αριβεντέρτσι
  • αριβεντέρτσι (ariventértsi)Italian farewell (transliterations only)
Hindi आररीवेडेरची, अर्रीवेडेर्ची
  • आररीवेडेरची (ārrīveḍercī)Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • अर्रीवेडेर्ची (arrīveḍercī)Italian farewell (transliterations only)
Japanese アリベデルチ, アリヴェデルチ
  • アリベデルチ (aribederuchi)Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • アリヴェデルチ (arivederuchi)Italian farewell (transliterations only)
  • アリーヴェデルチ (arīvederuchi)Italian farewell (transliterations only)
Korean 아리베데르치
  • 아리베데르치 (aribedereuchi)Italian farewell (transliterations only)
Russian арриведе́рчи
  • арриведе́рчи (arrivedɛ́rči)Italian farewell (transliterations only)
Cite this entry
APA

arrivederci. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrivederci

MLA

“arrivederci.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrivederci. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arrivederci,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrivederci.

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