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welcome
English
Etymology
From Middle English welcome, wolcume, wulcume, wilcume, from Old English wilcuma (“a wished-for guest”; compare also wilcume (“welcome!”, interjection)), from Proto-Germanic *wiljakumô (“a comer, a wished-for guest”), 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, possibly under the influence of French bienvenu. Cognate with Scots walcome (“welcome”), West Frisian wolkom (“welcome”), Dutch welkom (“welcome”) (earlier willecome), German willkommen (“welcome”), Danish and Norwegian velkommen (“welcome”), Swedish välkommen (“welcome”), Icelandic velkomin (“welcome”), Faroese vælkomin (“welcome”), Low Saxon: willkamen.
Similar constructions are common in Romance languages, such as Italian benvenuto, Spanish bienvenido, French bienvenu, Catalan benvingut, Portuguese bem-vindo and Romanian bun venit, 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, considering the ruling elite of the barbarian kingdoms which succeeded the Western Roman Empire, a Germanic language to Proto-Romance (Vulgar Latin; see Latin *bene venutus, and compare *perdono for similar historical phenomenon).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: w?l?k?m, IPA(key): /?w?lk?m/
- Rhymes: -?lk?m
- Hyphenation: wel?come
Adjective
welcome (comparative more welcome, superlative most welcome)
- Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
- 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error
- When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest.
- 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error
- Producing gladness.
- Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
Translations
Interjection
welcome
- Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
- (nonstandard, especially Southern US) Ellipsis of you're welcome.
Usage notes
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
Noun
welcome (plural welcomes)
- 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.
- Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too.
- 1735, William Shenstone, Written at an inn at Henley
- the warmest welcome at an inn
- The state of being a welcome guest.
Translations
Derived terms
- wear out one's welcome
Verb
welcome (third-person singular simple present welcomes, present participle welcoming, simple past and past participle welcomed)
- To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
- To accept something willingly or gladly.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang welcomed cooperation with South Korea.
- Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang welcomed cooperation with South Korea.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
Translations
Derived terms
See also
- welcome back
- welcome home
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introduction
English
Etymology
From Middle English introduccioun, introduccyon, borrowed from Old French introduction, itself a borrowing from Latin intr?d?cti?nem, accusative of Latin intr?d?cti?, from intr?d?c?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nt???d?k??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
- Hyphenation: in?tro?duc?tion
Noun
introduction (countable and uncountable, plural introductions)
- The act or process of introducing.
- the introduction of a new product into the market
- A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
- An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
- A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.
Synonyms
- (initial section of a written work): preface, isagoge, lead-in, lead, lede; see also Thesaurus:foreword
Derived terms
- introduction agency
- introductory
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin introductio, introductionem, from introductus, from introduco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t??.dyk.sj??/
Noun
introduction f (plural introductions)
- introduction
Related terms
- introduire
Further reading
- “introduction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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