sayonara

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
11
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌsaɪəˈnɑːɹə/

Definition of sayonara

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

intj

  1. (especially, humorous, informal, often)Goodbye, adios, adieu.
    “Sonic: Sayonara! Shadow the Hedgehog!”
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intj

  1. (especially, humorous, informal, often)Goodbye, adios, adieu.
    “Sonic: Sayonara! Shadow the Hedgehog!”

noun

  1. An utterance of sayonara, the wishing of farewell to someone.
    “After a simply marvelous, entertaining two and a half hour meal, they reclaimed their shoes and ceremoniously bid their sayonaras to the Japanese girls.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese さようなら (sayōnara, “farewell”, literally “if that's the way it is”) or its shorter, less traditional form さよなら (sayonara).

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