csaó

Hungarian
Hungarian phrasebook
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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hi”)[1], from Venetian s-ciao, sciavo (“slave”) (in particular the expression s-ciao vostro, literally meaning "(I am) your slave" but in essence meaning "your humble servant"), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”). Doublet of szláv. See also the similar etymology at szervusz and alászolgája.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃaːo]
  • Hyphenation: csaó

Interjection

csaó

  1. (informal) bye, hi, ciao

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Bakos Ferenc, Idegen szavak és kifejezések szótára, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994, →ISBN
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