sayonara

Borrowed from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪəˈnɑːɹə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə

sayonara

1. (informal, often humorous, especially used when referring to Japan) Goodbye, adieu.

   Synonyms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, cheers, ciao, farewell, goodbye, good day, shalom, so long, tot ziens

   • 2001 June 23, Sonic Team USA, Sonic Adventure 2, Sega, published 2001:

     Sonic: Sayonara! Shadow the Hedgehog!

• → Greek: σαγιονάρα (sagionára)
• → Spanish: sayonara

sayonara (plural sayonaras)

1. An utterance of sayonara, the wishing of farewell to someone.
   • 1999, Hell to Pay, →ISBN, page 19:

     After a simply marvelous, entertaining two and a half hour meal, they reclaimed their shoes and ceremoniously bid their sayonaras to the Japanese girls.

Borrowed from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”).

• IPA^(key): [sajoˈnara]
• Hyphenation: sa‧yo‧na‧ra

sayonara

1. (informal, often humorous, especially used when referring to Japan) Goodbye, adieu.

• “sayonara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

sayonara

1. Rōmaji transcription of さよなら

• sajonara

Borrowed from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”).

• IPA^(key): /sa.jɔˈna.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: sa‧yo‧na‧ra

sayonara

1. (colloquial) sayonara, farewell

• Often carries an undertone of “good riddance”.

• sayonara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sayonara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from English sayonara, from Japanese さよなら (sayonara), a shorter form of more traditional さようなら (sayōnara, “goodbye”, literally “if that's the way it is”). Use for footwear comes from first seeing this footwear in the 1957 film Sayonara. Cognate with Greek σαγιονάρα (sagionára, “flip-flop, thong, jandal”).

• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: sa‧yo‧na‧ra

sayonara f (plural sayonaras)

1. (Peru) flip-flop, thong (Australia), jandal (New Zealand)

   Synonyms: bamba, chancla, chola, ojota, slap