It can be, depending on the region (and not necessarily only the areas near Italy). It is an Italian word and is spelled "ciao." It is used informally, usually double, so the pronuncian is more like "cha-chaow".
"Chow" is often used to mean "goodbye" in English, but it actually comes from the French word "au revoir" meaning "until we see each other again."
Au revoir means see you and is used as goodbye.
Known in 14th Century French as 'a dieu vous commant' meaning 'I commend you to God'. and used as a farewell word "adieu" is French for "goodbye."
In French, "goodbye" is pronounced "au revoir." It is commonly used as a polite way to bid farewell.
Salut in French is "Hi" or "Goodbye" among friends and peers. Bonjour for "Hi" and Au revoir for "Goodbye" must be used otherwise.
One use of 'chow' in English is an adopted Italian word, spelt 'ciao' in and pronounced 'chow'; it is an informal greeting and means 'hi', 'hello', 'goodbye', 'see you later'.The word 'chow' meaning 'food', or 'to eat', originated in California with Chinese immigrants and was first recorded in the late eighteenth century. It is believed to come from the Chinese-English term, 'chow-chow', meaning 'mixture' or 'mixed'.The name of the dog breed, Chow, is recorded in English from the nineteenth century and is believed to be also from the Chinese term for 'mixed'.The word 'chow' is also used in the north of England, particularly Yorkshire, with the meaning 'to reprimand' or 'to tell off'.The name, Chow, is also a very common surname among people of Chinese origins worldwide.
"Khoda Hafez" is a phrase in Persian (Farsi) language, and it is commonly used in Iran and other Persian-speaking countries such as Afghanistan and Tajikistan as a way of saying goodbye.
The French term is au revoir, used to say goodbye.
Goodbye is au revoir in French, pronounced "oh ruh-vwar". Good bye in French is 'au revoir, salut, à la prochaine, à bientôt'
Goodbye in Croatian is chow. (Supervisor's note: if the food is that bad, I'd be saying goodbye, too. The spelling is "Ciao!", an Italian word that means goodbye and hello (like Aloha in Hawaiian) is used in a lot of European countries.) In Croatian, you would say goodbye as "doviđenja" like "do svedaniya" in Russian: "until we meet (again)".
"adieu" is a French-speaking formula for taking leave from somebody, especially when you think you will never see them again. It translates "to God" as in I" leave your care and keeping to God."
Yes! In fact in the term "puppy chow", chow is used as a noun because puppy is the adjective that describes chow!