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Meaning of Greeting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ

Definitions

Hail.
A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
countable, uncountable
The action of the verb to greet.
uncountable
Social formula of beginning of a conversation.
It saves.

Equivalents

العربية التحية تحية سلام سلام

Azərbaycanca salam təbrik

Беларуская прывіта́нне

Български по́здрав

বাংলা সালাম

Bosanski ali heretisanje merhaba pozdrav salut šapa поздрав

Català salut salutació

Čeština blahopřání kulíbám pozdrav pozdravný

Cymraeg cyfarchiad

Dansk hilsen

Deutsch Begrüßung Gruß

Ελληνικά χαιρέτισμα χαιρετισμός

Esperanto saluto

Español saludación saludo salutación

Eesti tervitus

فارسی تبریک سلام

Suomi moikkaaminen tervehdys tervehtiminen

Français salut Salutation

Gàidhlig beannachd fàilte soraidh

हिन्दी अभिनंदन अभिवादन गलबाँही तस्लीम सलाम सलामी

Hrvatski ȁli ali heretisanje merhaba pozdrav salut šapa поздрав

Magyar köszöntés üdvözlet

Հայերեն բարև

Bahasa Indonesia ali aruh salam sapa sapaan tabik tegur

Íslenska kveðja

Italiano benvenuto saluto

日本語出迎え挨拶迎え

ქართული მისალმება

Қазақша сәлемдесу

ខ្មែរ បច្ចុគ្គមន៍ ស្វាគមន៍

한국어 맞이 인사 절

Kurdî alî batî merhaba salam selam selam tebrîk tebrîk

Latina salutabundus salutatio

Lëtzebuergesch Begréissung

Latviešu sveiciens

Te Reo Māori manawa

Македонски поздрав поздравување

Монгол мэндчилгээ

Bahasa Melayu ucapan

Nederlands begroeting groet

Polski powitalny powitanie pozdrowienie witanie

Português saudação

Română salut salutare

Русский приветствие

Slovenščina pozdrav

Shqip përshëndetje

Српски ali heretisanje merhaba pozdrav salut šapa поздрав

Svenska hälsning hälsningsfras

Kiswahili salamu

Тоҷикӣ салом

ไทย การทักทาย

Tagalog bati pagbati pugay saludo

Türkçe merhaba selam selamlama Tebrik

Українська віта́ння привіт привітання прийом слава Ісусу Христу

Tiếng Việt lời chào

Examples

“It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.”

“I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.”

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