cheerio

C2+ Topic:Register & Style

US /ˌtʃɪriˈoʊ/ UK /ˌtʃɪəriˈəʊ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

intj
a chiefly British expression used as a farewell

He waved from the platform and called out, cheerio.

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Synonyms

1 intj · a chiefly british... goodbye farewell bye ta-ta adieuso-long

Opposites

hello greetings

Word family

Related forms cheer cheery

Etymology

A British colloquialism formed from cheer + the interjectional ending -o (early 20th century), used as a friendly farewell. Cheer is ultimately from Old French chiere ('face, mood').

chiere Old French cara la-lat

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# cheerio

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** intj
**IPA (US):** /ˌtʃɪriˈoʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌtʃɪəriˈəʊ/

## Meanings
1. a chiefly British expression used as a farewell

## Examples
- He waved from the platform and called out, cheerio.

## Synonyms
- goodbye
- farewell
- bye
- ta-ta
- adieu
- so-long

## Antonyms
- hello
- greetings

## Related Forms
- cheer
- cheery

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: chiere
- Root: cara

## Etymology
A British colloquialism formed from cheer + the interjectional ending -o (early 20th century), used as a friendly farewell. Cheer is ultimately from Old French chiere ('face, mood').

## AI Etymology
Cheerio is a British colloquialism formed from cheer + the interjectional ending -o (early 20th century), used as a friendly farewell. Cheer is ultimately from Old French chiere ('face, mood'). The historical trail runs through chiere in Old French and cara in Latin. Morphologically, cheerio is transparent: a British colloquialism formed from cheer + the interjectional ending -o (early 20th century), used as a friendly farewell. Used as an intj and noun, cheerio now means "a chiefly British expression used as a farewell", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cheer and cheery. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Register & Style
- General Vocabulary

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