Switzerland· medium· informal
à la revoyance
“to the seeing again”
Meaning
a casual way of saying goodbye
Explanation
A homemade sort of goodbye from Suisse romande, somewhere between 'à bientôt' and 'see you round'. It is built from 'revoir' (to see again) with the noun ending '-ance' bolted on, and has never made it into a standard dictionary.
Example
À la revoyance, on se reverra au marché la semaine prochaine !
See you around, we'll cross paths at the market next week!
Origin
Goes back at least to 1869, when Alfred de Bougy used it in his Vaudois novel 'Les Bourla papei ou brûleurs de papiers', with a character saying it while parting ways along the river Venoge.
Source
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