Welcome - Wiktionary

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English

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Alternative forms

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• welcum (eye dialect)

Etymology

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From Middle English welcome, wolcume, wulcume, wilcume, from Old English wilcuma (“a wished-for guest”; compare also wilcume (“welcome!”, interjection)), from Proto-West Germanic *willjakwemō, from Proto-Germanic *wiljakwemô (“a wished-for arrival or guest”), possibly from *wiljakwemaną (“to be welcome”), equivalent to will (“desire”) +‎ come (“comer, arrival”). The component wil- was replaced by wel- when the sense “guest” of the second component was no longer understood, likely under influence from the adverb well.

Cognates

Cognate with Scots walcome, Yola welcome, welkome, North Frisian welkimen, Saterland Frisian wilkemen, wäilkeemen, wülkemen, West Frisian wolkom, Alemannic German wol chomne, wolgcheemen, woul chemne, wéllkòmm, Cimbrian bóolkhèmm, Dutch welkom (earlier willecome), German willkommen, German Low German willkamen, Limburgish welkom, wéllekemm, Luxembourgish wëllkomm, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål velkommen, Elfdalian welkumin, Faroese vælkomin, Icelandic velkominn, Norwegian Nynorsk velkomen, Swedish välkommen, and Old French wilecome (whence Middle French willecomme (“welcome”)), from Germanic.

The verb is from Middle English welcomen, wolcumen, wilcumen, from Old English wellcumian, wylcumian, wilcumian (“to welcome, receive gladly”).

Similar constructions are found in Modern Greek καλώς ορίσατε (kalós orísate), South Slavic languages, such as Bulgarian добре́ дошъ́л (dobré došǎ́l), Serbo-Croatian dobrodošao, and also in Romance languages, such as Italian benvenuto, Spanish bienvenido, French bienvenu, Catalan benvingut, Portuguese bem-vindo and Romanian bun venit, meaning “[may you have fared] well [in] coming [here]”. These Romance terms do not derive from a Classical Latin root, as no similar construction in Latin is found to exist, but are instead presumed (considering the ruling elite of the Germanic kingdoms which succeeded the Western Roman Empire) to be the result of a calque from a Germanic language into Proto-Romance (Vulgar Latin; see Latin *bene venūtus, and compare perdōnō and compāniō for similar historical calques).

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: wĕlʹkəm, IPA(key): /ˈwɛl.kəm/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlkəm
• Hyphenation: wel‧come

Adjective

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welcome (comparative welcomer, superlative welcomest)

1. Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company. a welcome visitor Refugees are welcome in our city!
   • 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error:When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest.
2. Producing gladness. a welcome turn of events;  welcome news
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. […]”
3. Followed by to: free to have or enjoy gratuitously. You are welcome to the use of my library.
   • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.

Translations

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American Sign Language: OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp Armenian: ցանկալի (hy) (cʻankali), հաճելի (hy) (hačeli), սպասված (spasvac) Asturian: bienveníu Basque: ongi etorri (eu) Bengali: এস্তেকবাল (bn) (estekbal) Bulgarian: желан (bg) (želan), добре дошъл (dobre došǎl) Catalan: benvingut (ca) Corsican: benvenutu (co) m,benvenuta f Czech: vítaný (cs) Danish: velkommen (da), kærkommen Dutch: welkom (nl), welkome (nl), graag gezien Esperanto: bonvena Finnish: tervetullut (fi) French: bienvenu (fr) Frisian: West Frisian: wolkom (fy) Galician: benvido (gl), benvindo German: willkommen (de) Greek: ευπρόσδεκτος (el) (efprósdektos) Ancient Greek: ἀσπαστός (aspastós) Hebrew: ברוך הבא (he) Hungarian: szívesen látott, kellemes (hu) Icelandic: velkominn (is) Indonesian: selamat datang (id) Interlingua: benvenite Italian: benvenuto (it) m Japanese: 歓迎すべき (kangei subeki) Kankanaey: umali Korean: 환영 (ko) (hwanyeong) Kwak'wala: ǥilakas'la Latin: volens (la), acceptus, amicus (la) Macedonian: добре́дојден (dobrédojden) Malay: selamat datang (ms) Maltese: merħba Norman: byinvenûn (continental Normandy), beinv'nu (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: kjærkommen (no), velkommen (no) Nynorsk: kjærkommen, kjærkomen, velkomen, velkommen Occitan: benvengut (oc) Polish: mile widziany Portuguese: bem-vindo (pt) Romanian: binevenit Russian: жела́нный (ru) (želánnyj) Scots: walcum Serbo-Croatian: željan (sh), željna, željni (sh), željno (sh), poželjan (sh), poželjna (sh), poželjni (sh), poželjno (sh) Slovene: dobrodošel (sl) m, dobrodošla f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: witany Spanish: bienvenido (es), agradable (es) Swedish: välkommen (sv) Tagalog: mabuhay (tl) Thai: ยินดีต้อนรับ (yin-dii dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp) Tigrinya: እንቋዕ ብደሐን መጻእካ m (ʾənḳʷaʿ bədäḥän mäṣaʾka), እንቋዕ ብደሐን መጻእኪ f (ʾənḳʷaʿ bədäḥän mäṣaʾki), እንቋዕ ብደሓን መጻእኩም m pl (ʾənḳʷaʿ bədäḥan mäṣaʾkum), እንቋዕ ብደሓን መጻእክን f pl (ʾənḳʷaʿ bədäḥan mäṣaʾkən) Turkish: hoş geldiniz (tr) pl, hoş geldin (tr) sg Vietnamese: (please verify) được hoan nghênh Volapük: vekömik, benokömö (vo) Walloon: bénvnowe (wa) Welsh: (please verify) i'w groesawu m, (please verify) i f 'w chroesawu, (please verify) i pl 'w croesawu

producing gladness

Spanish: grato (es)

free to have or enjoy gratuitously

Danish: velkommen (da) Hungarian: nyugodtan (hu) Italian: libero (it) m

Interjection

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welcome

1. Greeting given upon someone's arrival. Welcome to the life of Electra Heart!
2. (nonstandard, especially Southern US) Ellipsis of you're welcome..

Usage notes

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When used with reference to a place, “welcome” is always followed by “to”. The signs often seen in many non-English-speaking countries welcoming tourists with “in”, such as “Welcome in Heidelberg!”, sound unnatural to some English speakers and show interference from other languages, many of which use a cognate of “in” in this situation, and especially with a cognate of “welcome”.

Translations

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Abkhaz: бзиала шәаабеит (bzjala ŝʷaabejtʼ) Acehnese: please add this translation if you can Adangme: mo-hee-e Adyghe: please add this translation if you can Afrikaans: welkom! Albanian: mirë se vjen, mirësevjen, mirë se vini, mirësevini American Sign Language: OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp Amharic: እንኳን ደህና መጣህ m (ʾənkʷan dähna mäṭah) እንኳን ደህና መጣሽ f (ʾənkʷan dähna mäṭaš) እንኳን ደህና መጡ pl (ʾənkʷan dähna mäṭu) Arabic: أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا (ar) (ʔahlan wa-sahlan), مَرْحَبًا (ar) (marḥaban) Moroccan Arabic: مرحبا (marḥba), أهلا (ʔahlan) Armenian: բարի գալուստ (bari galust) Aromanian: ghini vinishi sg, ghini vinit pl Asturian: bienveníu Azerbaijani: xoş gəlmişsiniz!, xoş gəldin sg, xoş gəldiniz pl Bajau: West Coast Bajau: pesorong kam Balochi: بیاد شاتکے (biād shātkey), وہش آتکے (wash ātkey) Bashkir: рәхим итегеҙ (rəxim itegeź) (formal or addressing more one person), рәхим ит (rəxim it) (addressing one person informally) Basque: ongi etorri (eu) Belarusian: віта́ем! (vitájem!) Bengali: খোশ আমদেদ (bn) (khōś amoded), স্বাগতম (bn) (śagotom) Breton: degemer mat (br), donemat Bulgarian: добре́ дошъ́л (dobré došǎ́l) (to a man, informal), добре́ дошла́ (dobré došlá) (to a woman, informal), добре́ дошли́ (dobré došlí) (formal or to a group) Burmese: ကြိုဆိုပါ၏ (my) (kruihcuipae) Carpathian Rusyn: please add this translation if you can Catalan: benvingut (ca) m, benvinguda (ca) f, benvinguts (ca) m pl, benvingudes (ca) f pl Cebuano: maayong pag-abot, pag-abot, pag-abiabi Chakma: please add this translation if you can Cham: Eastern Cham: please add this translation if you can Western Cham: please add this translation if you can Chechen: маьрша воагӏийл m (märša voağiı̇l), маьрша йогӏийл f (märša joğiı̇l), маьрша догӏийла pl (märša doğiı̇la) Cherokee: ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ (chr) (ulihelisdi) Chinese: Cantonese: 歡迎 / 欢迎 (fun1 jing4), 歡迎光臨 / 欢迎光临 (fun1 jing4 gwong1 lam4) Dungan: хуанйин (huanyin) Hakka: 歡迎 / 欢迎 (fôn-ngiàng) Hokkien: 歡迎光臨 / 欢迎光临 (hoan-gêng kong-lîm) Mandarin: 歡迎光臨 / 欢迎光临 (zh) (huānyíng guānglín), 歡迎 / 欢迎 (zh) (huānyíng) Wu: 歡迎 / 欢迎 (1huoe-gnin6) Cornish: a'gas dynergh pl, a'th tynergh sg Corsican: benvenutu (co) m, benvenuta f, bonavinuta f Cree: ᑕᐚᐤ (tawaaw), ᑕᑕᐘᐤ (tatawaw) (both meaning "there is room [for you], so come in") Czech: vítáme tě, vítej (singular, informal), vítáme vás, vítejte (plural/formal) Danish: velkommen (da) Dutch: welkom! (nl) Esperanto: bonvenon! Estonian: tere tulemast! (et) Ewe: wòe zɔ sg, miawoe zɔ pl Faroese: vælkomin Finnish: tervetuloa! (fi) French: bienvenue (fr) Frisian: West Frisian: wolkom! (fy) Friulian: benvignût Galician: benvido (gl), benvindo Garo: rimchaksoa Georgian: კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება pl (ḳetili iq̇os tkveni mobrʒaneba), კეთილი იყოს შენი მობრძანება sg (ḳetili iq̇os šeni mobrʒaneba) German: willkommen (de) Middle High German: willekomen! Old High German: willechomen! Greek: καλώς ορίσατε (kalós orísate), καλώς όρισες (kalós órises), καλώς ήρθατε pl (kalós írthate), καλώς ήρθες (kalós írthes) Ancient Greek: χαῖρε (khaîre) Greenlandic: tikilluarit Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify) tereg̃uahẽ porãite, (please verify) tapeg̃uahẽ porãite Gujarati: પધારો (padhāro) Hawaiian: aloha Hebrew: !בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (he) m (barúkh habá), !ברוכה הבאה f (brukhá habaá), !ברוכים הבאים pl (brukhím habaím), !ברוכות הבאות f pl (brukhót habaót) Hindi: स्वागतम (svāgtam), स्वागत है (svāgat hai), स्वागत (hi) (svāgat), पधारो (padhāro), अभ्यर्थना (hi) (abhyarthanā) Hungarian: üdvözöljük (hu) (formal, on behalf of several people), üdvözlöm (hu) (formal, on behalf of one person), üdvözlünk (informal, on behalf of several people), üdvözöllek (informal, on behalf of one person), üdvözlet (hu), Isten hozott (hu) (informal), Isten hozta (formal), köszöntöm önöket (formal, on behalf of one person) Hunsrik: please add this translation if you can Iban: selamat datai Icelandic: velkominn (is) m, velkomin (is) (f sg & mixed pl), velkomnir m pl, velkomnar f pl Ido: bonveno (io) Igbo: nno̱, nnọọ Ilocano: naragsak nga isasangbay Indonesian: selamat datang (id) Interlingua: benvenite! Inuktitut: ᐊᕆᐅᙵᐃᐹ (iu) (arionngaipaa) Irish: fáilte, tá fáilte romhat sg, tá fáilte romhaibh pl, céad míle fáilte, fáilte romhat isteach, Dé do bheatha sg, is é do bheatha sg, Dé bhur mbeatha pl, is é bhur mbeatha pl Old Irish: mochen Italian: benvenuto! (it) m, benvenuta! (it) f, benvenuti! (it) pl, benvenute! (it) f pl, salve (it) Japanese: ようこそ (ja) (yōkoso), いらっしゃいませ (ja) (irasshaimase), いらっしゃい (ja) (irasshai) Javanese: sugeng rawuh Jeju: ᄒᆞᆫ저옵서예 (hawnjeoopseoye), ᄒᆞᆫ저옵서양 (hawnjeo-opseoyang) Kapampangan: malaus ko pu (lit. "please come in") Kashmiri: please add this translation if you can Kashubian: please add this translation if you can Kazakh: қош келдіңіз (qoş keldıñız) (formal), қош келдің (qoş keldıñ) (informal) Khmer: (please verify) ស្វាគមន៍ (km) (svaakum) Korean: 잘 오셨습니다 (jal osyeotseumnida), 환영합니다 (hwanyeonghamnida), 어서 오세요 (ko) (eoseo oseyo), 어서 오십시오 (eoseo osipsio) (more formal) Krio: kabɔ, wɛlkɔm Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بەخێربێی sg (bexêrbêy), بەخێربێن pl (bexêrbên) Northern Kurdish: bi xêr bên (ku) pl, bi xêr bê sg Kyrgyz: кош келипсиз (koş kelipsiz), келиңиз (keliŋiz), келиңиздер (ky) (keliŋizder) Ladin: bënunì! m, bënunida! f, bënunii! pl, bënunides! f pl, Ladino: bienvinido!, buyrun!, ke vengash en bonora! Lao: ຍິນດີຕ້ອນຮັບ (nyin dī tǭn hap) Latgalian: please add this translation if you can Latin: salve (la) sg, salvete (la) pl, benevente! sg, beneventi! pl Latvian: laipni lūdzam! pl Ligurian: please add this translation if you can Limburgish: wilkóm (li) Lithuanian: sveiki atvykę Lombard: please add this translation if you can Lü: please add this translation if you can Luxembourgish: wëllkëmm! Macedonian: добре́дојде! (dobrédojde!) (singular and informal), добредо́јдовте! (dobredójdovte!) (plural or formal) Malay: selamat datang (ms) Malayalam: സ്വാഗതം (ml) (svāgataṁ) Maltese: merħba Manchu: please add this translation if you can Manx: failt, failt royd Māori: haere mai, nau mai, tautimai, tahuti mai. Marathi: स्वागत आहे (svāgat āhe) Mazanderani: خش بیمونی Mi'kmaq: weltasualuleg Mòcheno: guat kemmen Mon: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: Cyrillic: тавтай морилогтун (tavtaj morilogtun) Mongolian script: ᠲᠠᠪᠠᠲᠠᠢᠮᠣᠷᠢᠯᠠᠭᠲᠤᠨ (tabatai morilaɣtun) Nahuatl: ximopanōlti sg (verb), ximopanōltih pl (verb), panoa Navajo: yáʼátʼééh, wóshdę́ę́ʼ Neapolitan: bemmenute Nepali: स्वागतम् (swāgatam), स्वागत छ (swāgat cha) Ngarrindjeri: nguldi arndu Nogai: кош келдинъиз (koş keldiñiz) Norman: séyiz l'beinv'nu! m, séyiz la beinv'nue! f, séyiz les beinv'nus! pl Norwegian: Bokmål: velkommen (no) Nynorsk: velkomen, velkommen Occitan: benvengut (oc) Ojibwe: aaniin, boozhoo Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: добрѣ прити (dobrě priti) Glagolitic: ⰴⱁⰱⱃⱑ ⱂⱃⰻⱅⰻ (dobrě priti) Pannonian Rusyn: витай (vitaj), витайце pl (vitajce) Papiamentu: bon bini Pashto: په خیر راغلې (pë xeyr rağle) Pennsylvania German: Wilkum Persian: Iranian Persian: خوش آمَدید (xoš âmadid) (literary, polite), خوش آمَدی (xoš âmadi) (literary, familiar), خوش اومَدین (xoš umadin) (colloquial, polite), خوش اومَدی (xoš umadi) (colloquial, familiar) Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can Pitcairn-Norfolk: welkam Polish: witaj! (pl) sg, witajcie! pl, witamy Portuguese: bem-vindo! (pt) m, bem-vinda! f, bem-vindos! pl, bem-vindas! f pl Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਜੀ ਆਇਆ ਨੂੰ (jī āiā nū̃) Shahmukhi: جی آیِاں نُوں, سُت بِسْم اِلْلٰہ Rakhine: please add this translation if you can Rohingya: please add this translation if you can Romani: miśto avilǎn (singular), miśto avile (plural) Romanian: bine ai venit! sg, bine ați venit! pl, bun venit, bine ai venit Romansch: bainvegni Russian: добро́ пожа́ловать (ru) (dobró požálovatʹ), приве́тствуем! (ru) (privétstvujem!) Sami: Inari Sami: pyereest puáttim Kildin Sami: пӯресь пуэдтҍмушш (pūr’es’ puedt’mušš), пӯррь пуэдӓнт (pūrr’ pued’ant), пуэдҍ тӣррвэнҍ (pued’ tīrrven’) Lule Sami: buerie båeteme Northern Sami: bures boahtin Skolt Sami: tiõrv pue´ttmest Southern Sami: buorre boahtem Samogitian: please add this translation if you can Sanskrit: स्वागतम् (sa) (svāgatam) Saraiki: سُت بِسْم اِلْلٰہ Sardinian: bene bennios, benénnidu! Scots: walcum Scottish Gaelic: fàilte, ceud mìle fàilte, fàilte is furan Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: добродошли Latin: dobrodošli (sh) Shan: please add this translation if you can Sicilian: binvinutu (scn), bimminutu (scn) Sindhi: ڀلي ڪري آيا! (bhalie karay āyā) Sinhalese: ආයුබෝවන් (si) (āyubōwan) Slovak: vitajte Slovene: dobrodošel! (sl) m, dobrodošla! f, dobrodošli! pl Somali: soo dhowow Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: buź witany m sg, buź witana f sg, buźćo witane pl; (one person to one person) witam śi, (many people to many people) witamy was, etc. Spanish: ¡bienvenido! (es) m, ¡bienvenida! (es) f, bienvenidos (es) pl Sranan Tongo: wan bun kon na ini Sukuma: tuliho! Sundanese: wilujeng sumping Swahili: karibu! (sw) Swedish: välkommen (sv) sg, välkomna (sv) pl Tagalog: maligayang pagdating, mabuhay (tl) Tahitian: maeva, manava Tajik: хуш омадед (xuš omaded), хуш омадӣ (xuš omadi) Tamil: வரவேற்கிறேன் (varavēṟkiṟēṉ), வணக்கம் (ta) (vaṇakkam), வருக (ta) (varuka) Tarantino: bovègne Tatar: рәхим итегез (räxim itegez) Telugu: స్వాగతం (te) (svāgataṁ) Thai: ยินดีต้อนรับ (yin-dii dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Tigrinya: እንኳዕ ብደሓን መጻኻ (ʾənkʷaʿ bədäḥan mäṣaxa) Turkish: hoş geldin (tr) sg, hoş geldiniz (tr) pl (formal) Turkmen: hoş geldiňiz Tz'utujil: utz epejtiik Udmurt: гажаса ӧтиськом (gažasa öťiśkom) Ukrainian: ласка́во про́симо (laskávo prósymo) Unami: nulelìntàm èli paàn Urdu: خُوش آمَدِید (xūś āmadīd), خَیر مُقَدَّم (xair muqaddam), خَیر مَقْدَم (xair maqdam) Uyghur: خۇش كەپسىز (xush kepsiz) Uzbek: xush kelibsiz, marhamat (uz) Venetan: benvegnuo Vietnamese: xin chào (vi), chào (vi), hoan nghênh (vi) Volapük: vekömö Walloon: bénvnowe (wa), wilicom (wa) (old word) Welsh: croeso! (cy), croeso cynnes iawn Xhosa: wamkelekile sg, namkelekile pl Yakut: нөрүөн нөргүй (nörüön nörgüy) Yiddish: ברוכים־הבאים sg (brukhim-haboim), ברוך־הבא (borekh-habo) Yoruba: káàbọ̀ Zulu: isibingelelo!, sawubona! (zu), uwamkelekile

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Batak: Alas-Kluet Batak: (please verify) menjuah-juah! horas! Angkola Batak: (please verify) menjuah-juah! horas! Dairi Batak: (please verify) menjuah-juah! horas! Karo Batak: (please verify) menjuah-juah! horas! Mandailing Batak: (please verify) menjuah-juah! horas! Simalungun Batak: (please verify) menjuah-juah! horas! Toba Batak: (please verify) menjuah-juah! horas! Sami: Northern Sami: (please verify) bures boahtin

Noun

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welcome (plural welcomes)

1. The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.
2. The utterance of such a greeting.
3. Kind reception of a guest or newcomer. We entered the house and found a ready welcome.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too.
   • 1735, William Shenstone, Written at an inn at Henley:the warmest welcome at an inn
4. The state of being a welcome guest.
   • 1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 42:The townspeople crossed freely from bank to bank, and it stayed that way until breakup in March or April or, in years when winter outstayed its welcome, maybe even May.

Derived terms

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• outstay one's welcome
• understay one's welcome
• wear out one's welcome
• welcome pole
• welcome to my life
• welcome to the club

Translations

[edit] act of greeting someone's arrival

American Sign Language: OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp Arabic: تَرْحِيب m (tarḥīb) Bulgarian: прие́м (bg) m (priém) Catalan: benvinguda (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 歡迎 / 欢迎 (zh) (huānyíng) Danish: velkomst (da) c Dutch: verwelkoming (nl) f, begroeting (nl) f, ontvangst (nl) f Finnish: tervetulotoivotus (fi), tervehtiminen (fi), vastaanotto (fi) French: bienvenue (fr) f Galician: benvida f German: Begrüßung (de) f, Empfang (de) m Greek: υποδοχή (el) f (ypodochí), καλωσόρισμα (el) n (kalosórisma) Hindi: स्वागतम (svāgtam), स्वागत है (svāgat hai) Hungarian: fogadtatás (hu), üdvözlés (hu) Icelandic: móttökur f pl Italian: accoglienza (it) f Japanese: 歓迎 (ja) (かんげい, kangei) Khmer: ការស្វាគមន៍ (kaa svaakum) Korean: 환영 (ko) (hwanyeong) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: pêşwazîkirin (ku) f Macedonian: добре́дојде n (dobrédojde), при́ем m (príem) Māori: maioha Norwegian: Bokmål: velkomst m Nynorsk: velkomst m Occitan: benvenguda (oc) f Plautdietsch: Welkom m Polish: powitanie (pl) n Portuguese: recepção (pt) Russian: приём (ru) m (prijóm) Scots: walcum Scottish Gaelic: fàilte f Slovene: dobrodošlica f Spanish: acogida (es) f, bienvenida (es) f Swedish: välkomst (sv) c Tamil: வரவேற்பு (ta) (varavēṟpu) Turkish: karşılama (tr)

utterance of such a greeting

American Sign Language: OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp Catalan: benvinguda (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 迎接 (zh) (yíngjiē) Danish: velkommen (da) Dutch: welkom (nl) n Finnish: tervetulotoivotus (fi) French: bienvenue (fr) Galician: benvida f German: Herzlich willkommen Begrüßung (de) f Greek: καλωσόρισμα (el) n (kalosórisma) Hebrew: ברוך הבא (he) m (barúkh habá), ברוכים הבאים m pl (bruchím habaím), ברוכה הבאה f (bruchá habaá), ברוכות הבאות f pl (bruchot habaot) Hungarian: üdvözlés (hu) Italian: benvenuto (it) m Japanese: 歓迎 (ja) (かんげい, kangei), 挨拶 (ja) (あいさつ, aisatsu) Korean: 인사 (ko) (insa) Macedonian: добредојде n (dobredojde) Plautdietsch: Welkom m Polish: powitanie (pl) n Portuguese: boas-vindas (pt) f pl Russian: приве́тствие (ru) n (privétstvije) Scots: walcum Scottish Gaelic: fàilte f Slovene: dobrodošlica f Spanish: bienvenida (es) f Turkish: selamlama (tr) Ukrainian: віта́ння n (vitánnja)

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Esperanto: (please verify) bonveno Interlingua: (please verify) benvenita Piedmontese: (please verify) bin-ëvnù m Romanian: (please verify) urare de bunvenit Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: (please verify) добродошлица f Latin: (please verify) dobrodošlica (sh) f, (please verify) prijemnica (sh) f, (please verify) prijem (sh) m, (please verify) prijava (sh) f Swahili: (1) (please verify) makaribisho, (please verify) salamu (sw), (2) (please verify) maamkizi (sw) Urdu: (please verify) استقبال (istiqbâl), (please verify) سواگت (svāgat) Vietnamese: (please verify) sự chào , (1) (please verify) sự hoan nghênh (vi) , (please verify) lời chào (vi) , (2) (please verify) lời hoan nghênh (vi) Volapük: (please verify) veköm Welsh: (please verify) croeso (cy) m

Verb

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welcome (third-person singular simple present welcomes, present participle welcoming, simple past and past participle welcomed)

1. To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. By the time we reached the house we were thanking our stars she had come. Mrs. Cooke came out from under the port-cochere to welcome her.
   • 2025 April 2, Ben Morse, “‘Whoop, there she is!’: Jason and Kylie Kelce announce birth of fourth daughter”, in CNN‎[1]:Finnley is the fourth daughter of Jason and Kylie Kelce, having already welcomed Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett to the family.
2. To accept something willingly or gladly. We welcome suggestions for improvement.
   • 2020 January 29, “Woman jailed for conning her friend into giving up her job for a dream post that never existed”, in CPS Mersey-Cheshire‎[2], London: Crown Prosecution Service, retrieved 2 April 2020:CPS MerseyCheshire welcomes the jailing of Helen Dove who conned her friend into giving up her job for a dream post that never existed. Kimberley McDonnell lost around £50,000 because of the fraudster.
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain) Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang welcomed cooperation with South Korea.

Derived terms

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• bewelcome
• glass of welcome
• overstay one's welcome
• unwelcome
• unwelcomed
• unwelcoming
• unwelcomingly
• unwelcomingness
• wear out one's welcome
• welcome back
• welcome home
• welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk
• welcome mat
• welcome page
• welcomer
• welcome swallow
• welcome to my world
• Welcome Wagon
• welcoming
• welcomingly
• welcomingness
• you're welcome

Translations

[edit] affirm or greet the arrival of someone

Afrikaans: verwelkom American Sign Language: OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp Arabic: رَحَّبَ (ar) (raḥḥaba) Egyptian Arabic: اِسْتَقْبِل (istaʔbil) Armenian: ողջունել (hy) (oġǰunel) Belarusian: віта́ць (be) impf (vitácʹ) Bulgarian: приве́тствам (bg) impf (privétstvam) Catalan: donar la benvinguda, acollir (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 歡迎 / 欢迎 (zh) (huānyíng), 迎接 (zh) (yíngjiē) Comorian: Maore Comorian: uv̄ahua Czech: vítat (cs) Danish: byde velkommen Dutch: verwelkomen (nl), welkom heten Esperanto: bonvenigi Estonian: tervitama Finnish: toivottaa tervetulleeksi French: accueillir (fr), souhaiter la bienvenue Frisian: West Frisian: ferwolkomje German: begrüßen (de), willkommen heißen (de), bewillkommnen (de) (formal, dated) Greek: υποδέχομαι (el) (ypodéchomai), καλωσορίζω (el) (kalosorízo) Hindi: अभिनंदन (hi) m (abhinandan) Hungarian: üdvözöl (hu), fogad (hu) Icelandic: bjóða velkominn Ido: bonvenigar (io) Indonesian: menyambut (id) Ingrian: vassata Interlingua: (please verify) dar le benvenita a Italian: accogliere (it), dare il benvenuto Japanese: 歓迎する (ja) (かんげいする, kangei suru) Khmer: ទទួល (km) (dordūul) Korean: 환영하다 (ko) (hwanyeonghada) Latin: alicuius adventu festum agere, alicuius adventu festum ago, adventu festum ago Macedonian: поже́лува добре́дојде (požéluva dobrédojde), прече́кува (prečékuva), при́ма (príma), поздравува impf (pozdravuva), поздрави pf (pozdravi) Māori: rāhiri, tāhiri, tāhiri, tāwhiri, maioha, pōwhiri, tāuti, mānawa Pennsylvania German: wilkum Polish: witać (pl) Portuguese: dar as boas-vindas a, receber (pt), acolher (pt) Romanian: întâmpina (ro) Russian: приве́тствовать (ru) impf (privétstvovatʹ) Scots: walcum Scottish Gaelic: cuir fàilte air Slovak: vítať (sk) impf Slovene: (please verify) izreči dobrodošlico Spanish: dar la bienvenida Swahili: kukaribisha (sw) Swedish: välkomna (sv) Tagalog: mabuhay (tl) Thai: ต้อนรับ (th) (dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp) Turkish: karşılamak (tr) Ukrainian: віта́ти impf (vitáty) Vietnamese: (đến) chào (vi), hoan nghênh (vi) (歡迎), chào mừng (vi), chào đón (vi) Volapük: vekömön Welsh: croesawu (cy) ǃXóõ: tàhʻa

to accept willingly

Albanian: përshëndet (sq) American Sign Language: FlatB@FromTrunk-PalmUp FlatB@Trunk-PalmUp Armenian: ողջունել (hy) (oġǰunel) Chinese: Mandarin: 歡迎 / 欢迎 (zh) (huānyíng) Czech: vítat (cs) impf Dutch: verwelkomen (nl), graag ontvangen Estonian: tervitama Finnish: toivottaa tervetulleeksi (fi) German: begrüßen (de), gutheißen (de) Greek: υποδέχομαι (el) (ypodéchomai) Icelandic: þiggja með þökkum Italian: accettare (it), accogliere (it), gradire (it) Japanese: うれしく思う (ureshiku omou) Portuguese: aceitar (pt) Russian: приве́тствовать (ru) impf (privétstvovatʹ) Spanish: bienvenir Swedish: välkomna (sv) Turkish: memnuniyetle karşılamak

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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• welcume, wilcume, wulcume

Etymology

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From Old English wilcuma, equivalent to wille +‎ come. Forms with /ɛ/ have been assimilated to wel.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈwilˌkum(ə)/, /ˈwulˌkum(ə)/, /ˈwɛlˌkum(ə)/

Adjective

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welcome

1. welcome

Descendants

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• English: welcome
• Yola: welkome, welcome

References

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• “welcǒm(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Yola

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Adjective

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welcome

1. alternative form of welkome
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 94:Ye be welcome, hearthilee welcome, mee joees,You are welcome, heartily welcome, my joys,
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 94:Ye be welcome, hearthillee, ivery oan.You are heartily welcome, every one.
   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 130:Y'ar welcome hartille, yar welcome, joyes.[You're welcome heartily, you're welcome, joys.]

Noun

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welcome

1. alternative form of welkome
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:Mye thee friend ne're waant welcome, nor straayart comfoort.May thy friend ne'er want welcome, nor the stranger comfort.

References

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• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 77