salut
Gallic drinking toast
Salut is a casual French greeting meaning hello or hi, borrowed into English primarily in contexts involving French speakers or French culture.
It can also serve as an informal toast, equivalent to cheers.
She waved and called out "salut!" as she passed.
English speakers occasionally use it to add a cosmopolitan or playful flair to greetings.
Informal spoken salutation
- helloCommon spoken greeting
- heyInformal greeting or summons
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- howdyInformal rural greeting
bonjour · hola · ciao · aloha · shalom · namaste · salaam · hallo
Casual toast or farewell
Departing salutation
- adieuFormal leave-taking
- partingAct of leaving another
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- departureAct of going away
send-off · adios · fare-thee-well · ciao · shalom · aloha · valediction · arrivederci
High regard, moral dignity
- homageExpression of deep respect
- tributeOffering of respect
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
recognition · acknowledgment · esteem · admiration · veneration · praise · accolade · commendation
hi
Informal spoken salutation
howdy · bonjour · hola · ciao · aloha · shalom · namaste · salaam · hallo · konnichiwa
cheers
Casual toast or farewell
goodbye
Departing salutation
- adieuFormal leave-taking
- partingAct of leaving another
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
departure · send-off · adios · fare-thee-well · ciao · shalom · aloha · valediction · arrivederci · sayonara
honor
High regard, moral dignity
deference · recognition · acknowledgment · esteem · admiration · veneration · praise · accolade · commendation · dignity
- Foreign Wordsadieu, adios, aloha, au revoir, bonjour
- French Loanwordsa la carte, ballet, a la mode, au revoir, bon appetit
- greetingshi, hello, hey, hola, aloha
- French Exclamationsmince, flute, voila, allez, merde
- French slangargot, bobo, bolos, flipper, mater
- croyancescredo, certitude, superstition, miracle, providence
salutYour Excellency
Honorific for dignitaries
Your Majesty · Your Honor · Monsieur · Sir · formal greeting
- salvage operationRetrieval of damaged goods
- Salvation ArmyChristian charitable organization
- The Salvation ArmyReligious charitable organization
- military saluteFormal armed forces gesture
- salvage yardBusiness selling recovered materials
- 21-gun saluteCannon volleys honoring dignitaries
salute, salvage, salvation, salutary, saluting, saluted, salutation, salutations, salutatorian