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Meaning of Greeting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية التحية تحية
Azərbaycanca salam təbrik
Беларуская прывіта́нне
Български по́здрав
বাংলা সালাম
Català salut salutació
Čeština pozdrav
Cymraeg cyfarchiad
Dansk hilsen
Deutsch Begrüßung Gruß
Ελληνικά χαιρετισμός
Esperanto saluto
Eesti tervitus
فارسی تبریک سلام
Suomi tervehdys
Français salut Salutation
Gàidhlig fàilte
हिन्दी अभिवादन
Հայերեն բարև
Íslenska kveðja
Italiano benvenuto saluto
日本語 挨拶
ქართული მისალმება
Қазақша сәлемдесу
한국어 인사
Kurdî batî salam selam selam tebrîk tebrîk
Latina salutatio
Lëtzebuergesch Begréissung
Latviešu sveiciens
Te Reo Māori manawa
Монгол мэндчилгээ
Bahasa Melayu ucapan
Nederlands begroeting groet
Português saudação
Română salut salutare
Русский приветствие
Slovenščina pozdrav
Српски pozdrav поздрав
Kiswahili salamu
Тоҷикӣ салом
Tagalog bati pagbati pugay saludo
Türkçe selam Tebrik
Українська віта́ння привітання
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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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