Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arrivederci

/əˌɹiːvəˈdɛətʃi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: ar-rived-er-ci
IPA: /əˌɹiːvəˈdɛətʃi/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

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

noun

An Italian farewell by saying "arrivederci".

Example Sentences

"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.”"

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: arrivederci

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /əˌɹiːvəˈdɛətʃi/

Inflected Forms

arrivedercis (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ciao

Synonyms

goodbye adieu adios auf wiedersehen au revoir bye bye-bye cheerio good-by goodby good-bye good day

Questions

How do you pronounce arrivederci?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˌɹiːvəˈdɛətʃi/.
What does arrivederci mean?: farewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell)
Where does arrivederci come from?: It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce arrivederci

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