ciao

(Anglais)

  1. hello!
  2. goodbye!

Fréquence

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Coupé comme
cià‧o
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃa.o/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Venetan s-ciao, sciavo (“slave”) (in particular the expression s-ciao vostro (literally “(I am) your slave”), in essence meaning "I am at your service", or "your humble servant"), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”) (whence also standard Italian schiavo); in the Venetan language originally pronounced /stʃaʊ/. Development and use is similar to the Southern German and Central European greeting of servus and Swedish tjena.

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