Meanings
welcome1
adjectivewelcome (comparative welcomer, superlative welcomest)
comparative welcomer · superlative welcomest · alternative pronunciation spelling welcum
- Producing gladness.
a welcome turn of events; welcome news
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“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. […]”
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC - Followed by to: free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
You are welcome to the use of my library.
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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.
1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC
interjection
alternative pronunciation spelling welcum
- Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
Welcome to the life of Electra Heart!
- Southern USabbreviationellipsisespeciallynonstandardEllipsis of you're welcome..
nounwelcome (plural welcomes)
plural welcomes · alternative pronunciation spelling welcum
- The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.
- The utterance of such a greeting.
- Kind reception of a guest or newcomer.
We entered the house and found a ready welcome.
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Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too.
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), Londonthe warmest welcome at an inn
1735, William Shenstone, Written at an inn at Henley - The state of being a welcome guest; a feeling of one's presence and comfort being desired.
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.
1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 42
verbwelcome (third-person singular simple present welcomes, present participle welcoming, simple past and past participle welcomed)
present singular third person welcomes · participle present welcoming · participle past welcomed · past welcomed · alternative pronunciation spelling welcum
- To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
Finnley is the fourth daughter of Jason and Kylie Kelce, having already welcomed Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett to the family.
2025 April 2, Ben Morse, “‘Whoop, there she is!’: Jason and Kylie Kelce announce birth of fourth daughter”, in CNN1 more example
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.
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 - To accept something willingly or gladly.
We welcome suggestions for improvement.
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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.
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, London: Crown Prosecution Service, retrieved 02 Apr 2020Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang welcomed cooperation with South Korea.
2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
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Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWhose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
Opposite
non grata
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivegiving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted
Opposite
verbbid welcome to; greet upon arrival
Similar
Opposite
say farewell
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*welh₁-
- Proto-Germanic*wiljaną
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷémt
- Proto-Germanic*kwemaną
- Proto-Germanic*wiljakwemô
- Old Englishwilcuma
- Middle Englishwelcome
- Englishwelcome
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 došắl), 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).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans welkom!, verwelkom
- welkom!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- verwelkomaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Ancient Greek ἀσπαστός, χαῖρε
- ἀσπαστός (aspastós)whose arrival is a cause of joy
- χαῖρε (khaîre)greeting given upon someone's arrival
Arabic أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا, مَرْحَبًا
- أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا (ʔahlan wa-sahlan)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- أَهْلًا بِكُمْ (ʔahlan bikum)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- أَهْلًا بِكَ (ʔahlan bika)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- أَهْلًا بِكِ (ʔahlan biki)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- مرحبا (marḥba)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- أهلا (ʔahlan)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- تَرْحِيب (tarḥīb)act of greeting someone's arrival
- رَحَّبَ (raḥḥaba)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
- اِسْتَقْبِل (istaʔbil)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
Basque ongi etorri, ongi etorri
- ongi etorriwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- ongi etorrigreeting given upon someone's arrival
Bengali এস্তেকবাল, খোশ আমদেদ
- এস্তেকবাল (estekbal)whose arrival is a cause of joy
- খোশ আমদেদ (khōś amoded)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- স্বাগতম (śagotom)greeting given upon someone's arrival
Bulgarian желан, добре дошъл
- желан (želan)whose arrival is a cause of joy
- добре дошъл (dobre došăl)whose arrival is a cause of joy
- добре́ дошъ́л (dobré došắl)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- добре́ дошла́ (dobré došlá)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- добре́ дошли́ (dobré došlí)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- прие́м (priém)act of greeting someone's arrival
- приве́тствам (privétstvam)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
Catalan benvingut, benvingut
- benvingutwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- benvingutgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- benvingudagreeting given upon someone's arrival
- benvingutsgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- benvingudesgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- benvingudaact of greeting someone's arrival
- benvingudautterance of such a greeting
- donar la benvingudaaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- acolliraffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Chinese хуанйин, 歡迎光臨 /欢迎光临
- хуанйин (huanyin)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- 歡迎光臨 /欢迎光临 (hoan-gêng kong-lîm)greeting given upon someone's arrival
Chinese Cantonese 歡迎 /欢迎, 歡迎光臨 /欢迎光临
- 歡迎 /欢迎 (fun¹ jing⁴)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- 歡迎光臨 /欢迎光临 (fun¹ jing⁴ gwong¹ lam⁴)greeting given upon someone's arrival
Chinese Mandarin 歡迎光臨 /欢迎光临, 歡迎 /欢迎
- 歡迎光臨 /欢迎光临 (huānyíng guānglín)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- 歡迎 /欢迎 (huānyíng)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- 歡迎 /欢迎 (huānyíng)act of greeting someone's arrival
- 迎接 (yíngjiē)utterance of such a greeting
- 歡迎 /欢迎 (huānyíng)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
- 迎接 (yíngjiē)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
- 歡迎 /欢迎 (huānyíng)to accept willingly
Czech vítaný, vítáme tě
- vítanýwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- vítáme těgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- vítejgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- vítáme vásgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- vítejtegreeting given upon someone's arrival
- vítataffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- vítatto accept willingly
Danish velkommen, kærkommen
- velkommenwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- kærkommenwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- velkommenfree to have or enjoy gratuitously
- velkommengreeting given upon someone's arrival
- velkomstact of greeting someone's arrival
- velkommenutterance of such a greeting
- byde velkommenaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Dutch welkom, welkome
- welkomwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- welkomewhose arrival is a cause of joy
- graag gezienwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- welkom!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- verwelkomingact of greeting someone's arrival
- begroetingact of greeting someone's arrival
- ontvangstact of greeting someone's arrival
- welkomutterance of such a greeting
- verwelkomenaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- welkom hetenaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- verwelkomento accept willingly
- graag ontvangento accept willingly
Esperanto bonvena, bonvenon!
- bonvenawhose arrival is a cause of joy
- bonvenon!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- bonvenigiaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Estonian tere tulemast!, tervitama
- tere tulemast!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- tervitamaaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- tervitamato accept willingly
Finnish tervetullut, tervetuloa!
- tervetullutwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- tervetuloa!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- tervetulotoivotusact of greeting someone's arrival
- tervehtiminenact of greeting someone's arrival
- vastaanottoact of greeting someone's arrival
- tervetulotoivotusutterance of such a greeting
- toivottaa tervetulleeksiaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- toivottaa tervetulleeksito accept willingly
French bienvenu, bienvenue
- bienvenuwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- bienvenuegreeting given upon someone's arrival
- bienvenueact of greeting someone's arrival
- bienvenueutterance of such a greeting
- accueilliraffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- souhaiter la bienvenueaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
German willkommen, willkommen
- willkommenwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- willkommengreeting given upon someone's arrival
- willkomme!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- Begrüßungact of greeting someone's arrival
- Empfangact of greeting someone's arrival
- Herzlich willkommen Begrüßungutterance of such a greeting
- begrüßenaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- willkommen heißenaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- bewillkommnenaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- begrüßento accept willingly
- gutheißento accept willingly
Greek ευπρόσδεκτος, καλώς ορίσατε
- ευπρόσδεκτος (efprósdektos)whose arrival is a cause of joy
- καλώς ορίσατε (kalós orísate)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- καλώς όρισες (kalós órises)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- καλώς ήρθατε (kalós írthate)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- καλώς ήρθες (kalós írthes)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- υποδοχή (ypodochí)act of greeting someone's arrival
- καλωσόρισμα (kalosórisma)act of greeting someone's arrival
- καλωσόρισμα (kalosórisma)utterance of such a greeting
- υποδέχομαι (ypodéchomai)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
- καλωσορίζω (kalosorízo)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
- υποδέχομαι (ypodéchomai)to accept willingly
Hawaiian aloha
- alohagreeting given upon someone's arrival
Hebrew ברוך הבא, !בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא
- ברוך הבאwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- !בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- !ברוכה הבאה (brukhá habaá)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- !ברוכים הבאים (brukhím habaím)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- !ברוכות הבאות (brukhót habaót)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- ברוך הבא (barúkh habá)utterance of such a greeting
- ברוכים הבאים (bruchím habaím)utterance of such a greeting
- ברוכה הבאה (bruchá habaá)utterance of such a greeting
- ברוכות הבאות (bruchot habaot)utterance of such a greeting
Hindi स्वागतम, स्वागत है
- स्वागतम (svāgtam)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- स्वागत है (svāgat hai)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- स्वागत (svāgat)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- पधारो (padhāro)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- अभ्यर्थना (abhyarthanā)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- स्वागतम (svāgtam)act of greeting someone's arrival
- स्वागत है (svāgat hai)act of greeting someone's arrival
- अभिनंदन (abhinandan)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
Hungarian szívesen látott, kellemes
- szívesen látottwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- kellemeswhose arrival is a cause of joy
- nyugodtanfree to have or enjoy gratuitously
- üdvözöljükgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- üdvözlömgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- üdvözlünkgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- üdvözöllekgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- üdvözletgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- Isten hozottgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- Isten hoztagreeting given upon someone's arrival
- köszöntöm önöketgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- fogadtatásact of greeting someone's arrival
- üdvözlésact of greeting someone's arrival
- üdvözlésutterance of such a greeting
- üdvözölaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- fogadaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Icelandic velkominn, velkominn
- velkominnwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- velkominngreeting given upon someone's arrival
- velkomingreeting given upon someone's arrival
- velkomnirgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- velkomnargreeting given upon someone's arrival
- móttökuract of greeting someone's arrival
- bjóða velkominnaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- þiggja með þökkumto accept willingly
Indonesian selamat datang, selamat datang
- selamat datangwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- selamat datanggreeting given upon someone's arrival
- menyambutaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Iranian Persian خوش آمَدید, خوش آمَدی
- خوش آمَدید (xoš âmadid)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- خوش آمَدی (xoš âmadi)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- خوش اومَدین (xoš umadin)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- خوش اومَدی (xoš umadi)greeting given upon someone's arrival
Irish fáilte, tá fáilte romhat
- fáiltegreeting given upon someone's arrival
- tá fáilte romhatgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- tá fáilte romhaibhgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- céad míle fáiltegreeting given upon someone's arrival
- fáilte romhat isteachgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- Dé do bheathagreeting given upon someone's arrival
- is é do bheathagreeting given upon someone's arrival
- Dé bhur mbeathagreeting given upon someone's arrival
- is é bhur mbeathagreeting given upon someone's arrival
Italian benvenuto, libero
- benvenutowhose arrival is a cause of joy
- liberofree to have or enjoy gratuitously
- benvenuto!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- benvenuta!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- benvenuti!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- benvenute!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- salvegreeting given upon someone's arrival
- accoglienzaact of greeting someone's arrival
- benvenutoutterance of such a greeting
- accogliereaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- dare il benvenutoaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- accettareto accept willingly
- accogliereto accept willingly
- gradireto accept willingly
Japanese 歓迎すべき, ようこそ
- 歓迎すべき (kangei subeki)whose arrival is a cause of joy
- ようこそ (yōkoso)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- いらっしゃいませ (irasshaimase)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- いらっしゃい (irasshai)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- 歓迎 (kangei)act of greeting someone's arrival
- 歓迎 (kangei)utterance of such a greeting
- 挨拶 (aisatsu)utterance of such a greeting
- 歓迎する (kangei suru)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
- うれしく思う (ureshiku omou)to accept willingly
Korean 잘 오셨습니다, 환영합니다
- 잘 오셨습니다 (jal osyeotseumnida)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- 환영합니다 (hwanyeonghamnida)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- 어서 오세요 (eoseo oseyo)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- 어서 오십시오 (eoseo osipsio)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- 환영 (hwanyeong)act of greeting someone's arrival
- 인사 (insa)utterance of such a greeting
- 환영하다 (hwanyeonghada)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
Latin volens, acceptus
- volenswhose arrival is a cause of joy
- acceptuswhose arrival is a cause of joy
- amicuswhose arrival is a cause of joy
- salvegreeting given upon someone's arrival
- salvetegreeting given upon someone's arrival
- benevente!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- beneventi!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- alicuius adventu festum agereaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- alicuius adventu festum agoaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- adventu festum agoaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Latvian laipni lūdzam!
- laipni lūdzam!greeting given upon someone's arrival
Lithuanian sveiki atvykę
- sveiki atvykęgreeting given upon someone's arrival
Malay selamat datang, selamat datang
- selamat datangwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- selamat datanggreeting given upon someone's arrival
Māori haere mai, nau mai
- haere maigreeting given upon someone's arrival
- nau maigreeting given upon someone's arrival
- tautimaigreeting given upon someone's arrival
- tahuti mai.greeting given upon someone's arrival
- maiohaact of greeting someone's arrival
- rāhiriaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- tāhiriaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- tāwhiriaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- maiohaaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- pōwhiriaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- tāutiaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- mānawaaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Norwegian Bokmål kjærkommen, velkommen
- kjærkommenwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- velkommenwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- velkommengreeting given upon someone's arrival
- velkomstact of greeting someone's arrival
Polish mile widziany, witaj!
- mile widzianywhose arrival is a cause of joy
- witaj!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- witajcie!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- witamygreeting given upon someone's arrival
- powitanieact of greeting someone's arrival
- powitanieutterance of such a greeting
- witaćaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Portuguese bem-vindo, bem-vindo!
- bem-vindowhose arrival is a cause of joy
- bem-vindo!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- bem-vinda!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- bem-vindos!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- bem-vindas!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- recepçãoact of greeting someone's arrival
- boas-vindasutterance of such a greeting
- dar as boas-vindas aaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- receberaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- acolheraffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- aceitarto accept willingly
Punjabi ਜੀ ਆਇਆਂ ਨੂੰ, جی آیِاں نُوں
- ਜੀ ਆਇਆਂ ਨੂੰ (jī āiā̃ nū̃)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- جی آیِاں نُوںgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- سُت بِسْم اِلْلٰہgreeting given upon someone's arrival
Romanian binevenit, bine ai venit!
- binevenitwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- bine ai venit!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- bine ați venit!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- bun venitgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- bine ai venitgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- întâmpinaaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Russian жела́нный, добро́ пожа́ловать
- жела́нный (želánnyj)whose arrival is a cause of joy
- добро́ пожа́ловать (dobró požálovatʹ)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- приве́тствуем! (privétstvujem!)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- приём (prijóm)act of greeting someone's arrival
- приве́тствие (privétstvije)utterance of such a greeting
- приве́тствовать (privétstvovatʹ)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
- приве́тствовать (privétstvovatʹ)to accept willingly
Scottish Gaelic fàilte, ceud mìle fàilte
- fàiltegreeting given upon someone's arrival
- ceud mìle fàiltegreeting given upon someone's arrival
- fàilte is furangreeting given upon someone's arrival
- fàilteact of greeting someone's arrival
- fàilteutterance of such a greeting
- cuir fàilte airaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Slovak vitajte, vítať
- vitajtegreeting given upon someone's arrival
- vítaťaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Spanish bienvenido, agradable
- bienvenidowhose arrival is a cause of joy
- agradablewhose arrival is a cause of joy
- gratoproducing gladness
- ¡bienvenido!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- ¡bienvenida!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- bienvenidosgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- acogidaact of greeting someone's arrival
- bienvenidaact of greeting someone's arrival
- bienvenidautterance of such a greeting
- dar la bienvenidaaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- bienvenirto accept willingly
Swahili karibu!, kukaribisha
- karibu!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- kukaribishaaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Swedish välkommen, välkommen
- välkommenwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- välkommengreeting given upon someone's arrival
- välkomnagreeting given upon someone's arrival
- välkomstact of greeting someone's arrival
- välkomnaaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- välkomnato accept willingly
Tagalog mabuhay, maligayang pagdating
- mabuhaywhose arrival is a cause of joy
- maligayang pagdatinggreeting given upon someone's arrival
- mabuhaygreeting given upon someone's arrival
- mabuhayaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Tamil வரவேற்கிறேன், வணக்கம்
- வரவேற்கிறேன் (varavēṟkiṟēṉ)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- வணக்கம் (vaṇakkam)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- வருக (varuka)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- வரவேற்பு (varavēṟpu)act of greeting someone's arrival
Thai ยินดีต้อนรับ, ยินดีต้อนรับ
- ยินดีต้อนรับ (yin-dii dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp)whose arrival is a cause of joy
- ยินดีต้อนรับ (yin-dii dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- ต้อนรับ (dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
Turkish hoş geldiniz, hoş geldin
- hoş geldinizwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- hoş geldinwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- hoş geldingreeting given upon someone's arrival
- hoş geldinizgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- karşılamaact of greeting someone's arrival
- selamlamautterance of such a greeting
- karşılamakaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- memnuniyetle karşılamakto accept willingly
Ukrainian ласка́во про́симо, віта́ння
- ласка́во про́симо (laskávo prósymo)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- віта́ння (vitánnja)utterance of such a greeting
- віта́ти (vitáty)affirm or greet the arrival of someone
Urdu خُوش آمَدِید, خَیر مُقَدَّم
- خُوش آمَدِید (xūś āmadīd)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- خَیر مُقَدَّم (xair muqaddam)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- خَیر مَقْدَم (xair maqdam)greeting given upon someone's arrival
Vietnamese được hoan nghênh, xin chào
- được hoan nghênhwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- xin chàogreeting given upon someone's arrival
- chàogreeting given upon someone's arrival
- hoan nghênhgreeting given upon someone's arrival
- (đến) chàoaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- hoan nghênhaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- chào mừngaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
- chào đónaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Welsh i'w groesawu, i f 'w chroesawu
- i'w groesawuwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- i f 'w chroesawuwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- i pl 'w croesawuwhose arrival is a cause of joy
- croeso!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- croeso cynnes iawngreeting given upon someone's arrival
- croesawuaffirm or greet the arrival of someone
Yiddish ברוכים־הבאים, ברוך־הבא
- ברוכים־הבאים (brukhim-haboim)greeting given upon someone's arrival
- ברוך־הבא (borekh-habo)greeting given upon someone's arrival
Zulu isibingelelo!, sawubona!
- isibingelelo!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- sawubona!greeting given upon someone's arrival
- uwamkelekilegreeting given upon someone's arrival
Cite this entry
APA
welcome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welcome
MLA
“welcome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welcome. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “welcome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welcome.
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