arrivederci Italian · revision 38294

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ar.ri.veˈder.t͡ʃi/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the phrase [[a rivederci]], “until we see each other again”, written as one word: [[af|it|a|rivedere|ci|t1=to|t2=to see again|t3=us]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary)^(Zingarelli 2010) Zingarelli reads it as short for “(goodbye) until we see each other again”.^(Zingarelli 2010) Other languages say the same with their own words, as in [[fr|au revoir]], [[de|auf Wiedersehen]], [[ro|la revedere]] and [[ca|a reveure]].^(DELI 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Nocentini and Zingarelli date the word to 1533 and GRADIT to about 1537.^(Nocentini 2010)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) DELI's first record is ''a Rivederci'' in an English text of about 1635 by Richard Lassels, and the form written as one word only in Scipio Slataper in 1912.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The formal form ''arrivederla'', used to someone addressed as ''Lei'', is recorded as ''a rivederla'' in 1884 and as one word in Collodi in 1887.^(DELI 1999) Giuseppe Giusti ended a poem of 1846 with ''Arrivederlo'', which Pietro Fanfani explained as a popular, ironic form, while correcting those who used ''arrivederlo'' in earnest.^(DELI 1999)

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+ In modern Italian ''arrivederci'' is a friendly farewell to someone one expects to see again, and also a curt way to cut short an unwelcome conversation.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) English has used it from about 1635.^(DIFIT)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1533 – First record according to Nocentini and Zingarelli.^(Nocentini 2010)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * About 1635 – ''A Rivederci'' appears in an English text by Richard Lassels.^(DELI 1999)^(DIFIT)

+ * 1846 – Giuseppe Giusti uses ''Arrivederlo''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1887 – Collodi writes ''arrivederla'' as one word.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1912 – Scipio Slataper writes ''arrivederci'' as one word.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Interjection===

+ # [[m|en|goodbye]], see you: a farewell to someone one expects to see again: ''Arrivederci, a lunedì!''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(colloquial)'' Used to break off a conversation one does not want to continue: ''Va bene, ho capito, arrivederci!''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The farewell itself: ''Ci salutammo con un arrivederci affettuoso.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[arrivederla]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rivedere]]

+ * [[addio]]

+ * [[fr|au revoir]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Arrivederla'' is the form used to someone addressed formally.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010) The spelling ''a rivederci'' in two words is now less common.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}