welcome

English

File:Welcome doormat.JPG

A not very welcoming message on a doormat

Etymology

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Similar constructions are common in Romance languages, such as Italian Template:M, Spanish Template:M, French Template:M and Portuguese Template:M, each meaning “[may you have fared] well [in] coming [here]”. These do not derive from Classic Latin, where a similar construction is not found, and presumably are instead the result of a calque from Germanic to Proto-Romance (Vulgar Latin).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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1. Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

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     When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest.

2. Producing gladness.

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3. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.

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     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: {{ase|<OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp>}}
• Armenian: , , {{hy|<սպասված>}}
• Asturian: {{ast|<bienveníu>}}
• Basque:
• Bulgarian:
• Catalan:
• Czech: {{cs|<vítaný>}}
• Danish:
• Dutch: , , {{nl|<graag gezien>}}
• Esperanto: {{eo|<bonvena>}}
• Finnish: {{fi|<tervetullut>}}
• French:
• Galician: , {{gl|<benvindo>}}
• German:
• Greek:
• Hebrew:
• Hungarian: {{hu|<szívesen látott>}},
• Indonesian: {{id|<dielu-elukan>}}
• Interlingua: {{ia|<benvenite>}}

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• Italian:
• Japanese: {{ja|<歓迎すべき>}}
• Latin: {{la|<volens>}}, {{la|<acceptus>}},
• Macedonian: {{mk|<добре́дојден>}}
• Norman: {{nrf|<byinvenûn>}} Template:Qualifier, {{nrf|<beinv'nu>}} Template:Qualifier
• Polish: {{pl|<mile widziany>}}
• Portuguese:
• Romanian: {{ro|<binevenit>|<m>}}, {{ro|<binevenită>|<f>}}
• Russian:
• Scots: {{sco|<walcum>}}
• Serbo-Croatian: , {{sh|<željna>}}, , , , , ,
• Slovene: , {{sl|<dobrodošla>|<f>}}
• Spanish: ,
• Swedish:
• Tagalog:
• Vietnamese: Template:T-check
• Volapük: {{vo|<vekömik>}}
• Welsh: Template:T-check, Template:T-check 'w chroesawu, Template:T-check 'w croesawu

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Interjection

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Translations

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• Abkhaz: {{ab|<бзиала шәаабеит>}}
• Adangme: {{ada|<mo-hee-e>}}
• Afrikaans: {{af|<welkom!>}}
• Albanian: {{sq|<mirë se vjen>}}, {{sq|<mirësevjen>}}, {{sq|<mirë se vini>}}, {{sq|<mirësevini>}}
• American Sign Language: {{ase|<OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp>}}
• Amharic: {{am|<እንኳን ደህና መጡ>|<p>}}
• Arabic: {{ar|<أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا>}},

  Moroccan Arabic: {{ary|<مرحبة>}}

• Armenian: {{hy|<բարի գալուստ>}}
• Aromanian: {{rup|<ghini vinishi>|<s>}}, {{rup|<ghini vinit>|<p>}}
• Asturian: {{ast|<bienveníu>}}
• Azeri: {{az|<xoş gəlmişsiniz!>}}
• Bashkir: {{ba|<рәхим итегеҙ>}}
• Basque:
• Belarusian: {{be|<вiта́ем!>}}
• Bengali:
• Breton: , {{br|<donemat>}}
• Bulgarian: {{bg|<до́бре дошъ̀л>|<s>}} Template:Qualifier, {{bg|<до́бре дошла́>|<s>}} Template:Qualifier, {{bg|<до́бре дошли́>|<p>}} Template:Qualifier
• Burmese:
• Catalan: , , ,
• Cebuano: {{ceb|<maayong pag-abot>}}
• Chechen: {{ce|<маьрша воагӏийл>|<m>}}, {{ce|<маьрша йогӏийл>|<f>}}, {{ce|<маьрша догӏийла>|<p>}}
• Cherokee:
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: {{yue|<歡迎>}}, {{yue|<欢迎>}}, {{yue|<歡迎光臨>}}, {{yue|<欢迎光临>}}

  Dungan: {{dng|<хуан-ин>}}

  Hakka: {{hak|<歡迎>}}, {{hak|<欢迎>}}

  Mandarin: , {{cmn|<欢迎光临>}}, ,

  Min Nan: {{nan|<歡迎光臨>}}, {{nan|<欢迎光临>}}

  Wu: {{wuu|<歡迎>}}, {{wuu|<欢迎>}}

• Cornish: {{kw|<dynnargh dhis>}}
• Corsican: {{co|<bonavinuta>}}
• Cree: {{cr|<ᑕᐋᐧᐤ>}}, {{cr|<ᑕᑕᐊᐧᐤ>}} Template:Qualifier
• Czech: {{cs|<vítáme tě>}}, Template:Qualifier {{cs|<vítej>}}, {{cs|<vítáme vás>}}, Template:Qualifier {{cs|<vítejte>}}
• Danish: !
• Dutch:
• Esperanto: {{eo|<bonvenon!>}}
• Estonian: {{et|<tere tulemast!>}}
• Ewe: {{ee|<wòe zɔ>|<s>}}, {{ee|<miawoe zɔ>|<p>}}
• Faroese: {{fo|<vælkoma>}}
• Finnish:
• French:
• Friulian: {{fur|<benvignût>}}
• Galician: , {{gl|<benvindo>}}
• Georgian: {{ka|<კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება>|<p>}}, {{ka|<კეთილი იყოს შენი მობრძანება>|<s>}}
• German:

  Middle High German: {{gmh|<willekomen!>}}

  Old High German: {{goh|<willechomen!>}}

• Greek: {{el|<καλώς ορίσατε>}}

  Ancient: {{grc|<χαῖρε>}}

• Greenlandic: {{kl|<tikilluarit>}}
• Guaraní: {{gn|<tereg̃uahẽ porãite!>}}, {{gn|<eguahé porá!>}}
• Gujarati: {{gu|<પધારો>}}
• Hawaiian: {{haw|<aloha>}}
• Hebrew: , {{he|<ברוכה הבאה>|<f>}}, {{he|<ברוכים הבאים>|<p>}}, {{he|<ברוכות הבאות>|<f-p>}}
• Hindi: {{hi|<स्वागतम>}}, {{hi|<स्वागत है>}}
• Hungarian: ! Template:Qualifier, {{hu|<Isten hozta>}}! Template:Qualifier
• Icelandic: ! Template:G, Template:Qualifier, {{is|<velkomnir>|<m-p>}}, {{is|<velkomnar>|<f-p>}}
• Ido:
• Igbo: {{ig|<nno̱>}}, {{ig|<nnọọ>}}
• Inari Sami: {{smn|<pyereest puáttim>}}
• Indonesian:

  Javanese: {{jv|<sugeng rawuh!>}}

  Sundanese: {{su|<wilujeng sumping!>}}

• Interlingua: {{ia|<benvenite!>}}
• Inuktitut:
• Irish: {{ga|<fáilte>}}, {{ga|<tá fáilte romhat>}}, {{ga|<tá fáilte romhaibh>}}, {{ga|<céad míle fáilte>}}, {{ga|<fáilte romhat isteach>}}
• Italian: , {{it|<benvenuta!>|<f>}}, {{it|<benvenuti!>|<p>}}, {{it|<benvenute!>|<f-p>}},
• Japanese: {{ja|<ようこそ>}}, {{ja|<いらっしゃいませ>}}, {{ja|<いらっしゃい>}}
• Judeo-Arabic: {{jrb|<harif>}}
• Nogai: {{nog|<кош келдинъиз>}}
• Norman: {{nrf|<séyiz l'beinv'nu!>|<m>}}, {{nrf|<séyiz la beinv'nue!>|<f>}}, {{nrf|<séyiz les beinv'nus!>|<p>}}
• Kazakh: {{kk|<қош келдіңіз>}}
• Khmer:
• Korean: {{ko|<잘 오셨습니다>}}, {{ko|<환영합니다>}}, {{ko|<어서 오세요>}}
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: , {{ku|<bi xêr bê>|<s>}}

  Sorani: {{ku|<به‌خێربێی>|<s>}}, {{ku|<به‌خێربێن>|<p>}}

• Kyrgyz: {{ky|<кош келипсиз>}}, {{ky|<келиңиз>}}, {{ky|<келиңиздер>}}

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• Lao: {{lo|<ຍິນດີຕ້ອນຮັບ>}}
• Latin: {{la|<salve!>|<s>}}, {{la|<salvete!>|<p>}}
• Latvian: {{lv|<laipni lūdzam!>|<p>}}
• Limburgish: {{li|<wilkóm>}}
• Lithuanian: {{lt|<sveiki atvykę>}}
• Lojban: Template:T-check 'i
• Lule Sami: {{smj|<buerie båeteme>}}
• Luxembourgish: {{lb|<wëllkëmm!>}}
• Macedonian: {{mk|<добре́дојде!>}} Template:Qualifier, {{mk|<добредо́јдовте!>}} Template:Qualifier
• Malay: {{ms|<selamat datang>}}
• Malayalam:
• Maltese: {{mt|<merħba>}}
• Manchu: Template:T-needed
• Manx: {{gv|<failt>}}, {{gv|<failt royd>}}
• Maori: {{mi|<haere mai>}}, {{mi|<nau mai>}}
• Marathi: {{mr|<स्वागत आहे>}}
• Mazanderani: {{mzn|<خش ‌بیمونی>}}
• Mi'kmaq: {{mic|<weltasualuleg>}}
• Mongolian: {{mn|<тавтай морилогтун>}}
• Nahuatl: Template:Qualifier {{nah|<panoa>}}
• Navajo: {{nv|<yáʼátʼééh>}}, {{nv|<wóshdę́ę́ʼ>}}
• Neapolitan: {{nap|<bemmenute>}}
• Ngarrindjeri: {{nay|<nguldi arndu>}}
• Northern Sami: {{se|<bures boahtin>}}
• Norwegian:
• Occitan:
• Ojibwe: {{oj|<aaniin>}}, {{oj|<boozhoo>}}
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: {{cu|<до́брѣ прити́>}}

  Glagolitic: {{cu|<ⰴⱁⰱⱃⱑ ⱂⱃⰻⱅⰻ>}}

• Papiamentu: {{pap|<bon bini!>}}
• Pashto: {{ps|<په خیر راغلې>}}
• Persian: Template:Qualifier , Template:Qualifier {{fa|<خوش آمدی>}}, Template:Qualifier {{fa|<خوش اومدین>}}, Template:Qualifier {{fa|<خوش اومدی>}}
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: {{pih|<welkam>}}
• Polish: {{pl|<witaj!>|<s>}}, {{pl|<witajcie!>|<p>}}, {{pl|<witamy>}}
• Portuguese: , {{pt|<bem-vinda!>|<f>}}, {{pt|<bem-vindos!>|<p>}}, {{pt|<bem-vindas!>|<f-p>}}
• Punjabi: {{pa|<ਜੀ ਆਇਆ ਨੂੰ>}}
• Romanian: {{ro|<bine ai venit!>|<s>}}, {{ro|<bine ați venit!>|<p>}}, {{ro|<bun venit>}}, {{ro|<bine ai venit>}}
• Romansch: {{rm|<bainvegni>}}
• Russian: !, Template:Qualifier
• Sanskrit: {{sa|<स्वागतम>}}
• Sardinian: {{sc|<bene bennios>}}, {{sc|<benénnidu!>}}
• Scots: {{sco|<walcum>}}
• Scottish Gaelic: {{gd|<fàilte>}}, {{gd|<ceud mìle fàilte>}}
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: {{sh|<добродошли>}}

  Roman:

• Sicilian: ,
• Sindhi: {{sd|<ڀلي ڪري آيا>}}
• Sinhalese:
• Skolt Sami: {{sms|<tiõrv pue´ttmest>}}
• Slovak: {{sk|<vitajte>}}
• Slovene: , {{sl|<dobrodošla!>|<f>}}, {{sl|<dobrodošli!>|<p>}}
• Somali: {{so|<soo dhowow>}}
• Southern Sami: {{sma|<buorre boahtem>}}
• Spanish: , ,
• Sukuma: {{suk|<tuliho!>}}
• Swahili:
• Swedish: !,
• Tagalog: {{tl|<maligayang pagdating>}}, {{tl|<Mabuhay>}}
• Tahitian: {{ty|<maeva>}}, {{ty|<manava>}}
• Tajik: {{tg|<хуш омадед>}}, {{tg|<хуш омадӣ>}}
• Tamil:
• Tarantino: {{roa-tar|<bovègne>}}
• Tatar: {{tt|<рәхим итегез>}}
• Telugu:
• Thai: {{th|<ยินดีต้อนรับ>}}
• Tigrinya: {{ti|<ገንዘብካ>}}
• Turkish: , (formal)
• Turkmen: {{tk|<hoş geldiňiz>}}
• Tz'utujil: {{tzj|<utz epejtiik>}}
• Udmurt: {{udm|<гажаса ӧтиськом>}}
• Ukrainian: {{uk|<ласка́во про́симо!>}}
• Unami: {{unm|<nulelìntàm èli paàn>}}
• Urdu: {{ur|<خوش آمديد>}}
• Uyghur: {{ug|<خۇش كەپسىز>}}
• Uzbek: {{uz|<xush kelibsiz>}}
• Venetian: {{vec|<benvegnuo>}}
• Vietnamese: {{vi|<xin chào>}}, , , {{vi|<được tiếp đi ân cần>}}
• Volapük: {{vo|<vekömö>}}
• Walloon: , Template:Qualifier
• Welsh: , {{cy|<croeso cynnes iawn>}}
• West Frisian:
• Xhosa: {{xh|<wamkelekile>|<s>}}, {{xh|<namkelekile>|<p>}}
• Yiddish: {{yi|<ברוכים־הבאים>|<s>}}, {{yi|<ברוך־הבא>}}
• Zulu: {{zu|<isibingelelo!>}}, , {{zu|<uwamkelekile>}}

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• Angkola Batak: Template:T-check
• Dairi Batak: Template:T-check
• Karo Batak: Template:T-check

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• Mandailing Batak: Template:T-check
• Simalungun Batak: Template:T-check
• Toba Batak: Template:T-check
• Northern Sami: Template:T-check

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Noun

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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.

   • Shenstone

     his warmest welcome at an inn

   • South

     Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too.

Translations

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• American Sign Language: {{ase|<OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp>}}
• Bulgarian:
• Catalan:
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ,

• Danish: {{da|<byde velkommen>}}
• Dutch: , ,
• Finnish: {{fi|<tervetulotoivotus>}}, ,
• French:
• German: ,
• Hindi: {{hi|<स्वागत>|<m>}}
• Hungarian: ,

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• Italian:
• Japanese:
• Khmer: {{km|<ការស្វាគមន៍>}}
• Korean:
• Macedonian: {{mk|<добре́дојде>|<n>}}, {{mk|<при́ем>|<m>}}
• Polish:
• Portuguese:
• Russian:
• Scots: {{sco|<walcum>}}
• Scottish Gaelic: {{gd|<fàilte>|<f>}}
• Slovene: {{sl|<dobrodošlica>|<f>}}
• Spanish: ,
• Turkish:

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• American Sign Language: {{ase|<OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp>}}
• Catalan:
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:

• Dutch:
• Finnish: {{fi|<tervetulotoivotus>}}
• French:
• German:
• Hungarian:

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• Japanese: ,
• Korean:
• Macedonian: {{mk|<добредојде>|<n>}}
• Polish:
• Portuguese:
• Russian:
• Scots: {{sco|<walcum>}}
• Scottish Gaelic: {{gd|<fàilte>|<f>}}
• Slovene: {{sl|<dobrodošlica>|<f>}}
• Spanish:
• Turkish:
• Ukrainian: {{uk|<віта́ння>|<n>}}

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• Serbo-Croatian: Template:T+check
• Serbo-Croatian: Template:T+check
• Esperanto: Template:T-check
• Icelandic: Template:T-check
• Interlingua: Template:T-check
• Romanian: Template:T-check
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Template:T-check

  Roman: Template:T+check, Template:T+check, Template:T+check, Template:T+check

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• Swahili: Template:Qualifier Template:T-check, Template:T+check, Template:Qualifier Template:T+check
• Urdu: Template:T-check, Template:T-check
• Vietnamese: Template:T-check , Template:Qualifier Template:T+check , Template:T+check , Template:Qualifier Template:T+check
• Volapük: Template:T-check
• Welsh: Template:T+check

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Verb

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1. To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
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2. To accept something willingly or gladly.

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Translations

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• Afrikaans: {{af|<verwelkom>}}
• American Sign Language: {{ase|<OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp>}}
• Arabic:
• Bulgarian: {{bg|<приве́тствам>|<impf>}}
• Catalan: {{ca|<donar la benvinguda>}},
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: , ,

• Czech:
• Danish: {{da|<byde velkommen>}}
• Dutch: , {{nl|<welkom heten>}}
• Esperanto: {{eo|<bonvenigi>}}
• Finnish: {{fi|<toivottaa tervetulleeksi>}}
• French: , {{fr|<souhaiter la bienvenue>}}
• German: , {{de|<willkommen heißen>}}
• Hungarian: ,
• Ido:
• Indonesian:
• Interlingua: Template:T-check
• Italian: Template:T+check, Template:T-check
• Japanese:
• Khmer:

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• Korean:
• Latin: {{la|<alicuius adventu festum agere>}}, {{la|<alicuius adventu festum ago>}}, {{la|<adventu festum ago>}}
• Macedonian: {{mk|<поже́лува добре́дојде>}}, {{mk|<прече́кува>}}, {{mk|<при́ма>}}
• Maori: {{mi|<rāhiri>}}
• Polish:
• Portuguese: {{pt|<dar as boas-vindas a>}}, ,
• Romanian:
• Russian:
• Scots: {{sco|<walcum>}}
• Scottish Gaelic: {{gd|<cuir fàilte air>}}
• Slovene: Template:T-check
• Spanish: {{es|<dar la bienvenida>}}
• Swedish:
• Tagalog:
• Turkish:
• Vietnamese: Template:Qualifier ,
• Volapük: {{vo|<vekömön>}}
• Welsh:
• West Frisian: {{fy|<ferwolkomje>}}
• ǃXóõ: {{nmn|<tàhʻa>}}

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• American Sign Language: {{ase|<FlatB@FromTrunk-PalmUp FlatB@Trunk-PalmUp>}}
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ,

• Czech:
• Dutch: , {{nl|<graag ontvangen>}}
• Finnish:

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• German: ,
• Japanese: {{ja|<うれしく思う>}}
• Portuguese:
• Russian:
• Swedish:
• Turkish: Template:L

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Derived terms

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• wear out one's welcome

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• welcome wagon

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• you're welcome

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