welcome

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verb transitive

greet: P. and V. ἀσπάζεσθαι, δεξιοῦσθαι, P. φιλοφρονεῖσθαι (Plato); see greet.

I bid the herald welcome: V. χαίρω, χαίρειν δὲ τὸν κήρυκα προὐννέπω (Sophocles, Trachiniae 227).

accept: see accept.

treat hospitably: P. and V. δέχομαι, δέχεσθαι, προσδέχεσθαι, ξενίζειν, ξενοδοκεῖν (Plato) (absol.), Ar. and P. ὑποδέχεσθαι, V. ξενοῦσθαι.

welcome back: P. καταδέχεσθαι.

welcome (things), receive gladly: P. and V. ἀσπάζεσθαι.

interjection

P. and V. χαῖρε.

substantive

reception: P. and V. ὑποδοχή, ἡ, V. προσδέγματα, τά.

I accept with thanks this man's welcome to his home: V. αἰνῶ μὲν οὖν τοῦδ' ἀνδρὸς ἐσδοχὰς δόμων (Euripides, Electra 396).

good-will: P. and V. εὔνοια, ἡ, P. φιλοφροσύνη, ἡ (Plato).

adjective

acceptable: P. and V. ἡδύς, ἀρεστός, V. φίλος; see acceptable.

longed for: P. and V. ποθεινός.

welcome to me came the renowned son of Zeus and Alcmena: V. ἀσμένῃ δέ μοι ὁ κλεινὸς ἦλθε Ζηνὸς Ἀλκμήνης τε παῖς (Sophocles, Trachiniae 18).

I am surprised that my arrival is not welcome to you: P. θαυμάζω… εἰ μὴ ἀσμένοις ὑμῖν ἀφῖγμαι (Thuc. 4, 85).

Translations

Adjective

Armenian: ցանկալի, հաճելի, սպասված; Asturian: bienveníu; Basque: ongi etorri; Bengali: এস্তেকবাল; Bulgarian: желан, добре дошъл; Catalan: benvingut; Corsican: benvenutu,benvenuta; Czech: vítaný; Danish: velkommen, kærkommen; Dutch: welkom, welkome, graag gezien; Esperanto: bonvena; Finnish: tervetullut; French: bienvenu; Galician: benvido, benvindo; German: willkommen; Greek: ευπρόσδεκτος; Ancient Greek: ἀποδεκτός, ἀσπάσιος, ἀσπαστός, δεκτός, δόκιμος, ἐρατεινός, εὐάρεστος, κλητός, φίλος; Hebrew: ברוך הבא‎; Hungarian: szívesen látott, kellemes; Icelandic: velkominn; Indonesian: selamat datang; Interlingua: benvenite; Italian: benvenuto; Japanese: 歓迎すべき; Korean: 환영; Kwak'wala: ǥilakas'la; Latin: volens, acceptus, amicus; Macedonian: добредојден; Maltese: merħba; Norman: byinvenûn, beinv'nu; Norwegian Bokmål: kjærkommen, velkommen; Nynorsk: kjærkommen, kjærkomen, velkomen, velkommen; Occitan: benvengut; Polish: mile widziany; Portuguese: bem-vindo; Romanian: binevenit; Russian: желанный; Scots: walcum; Serbo-Croatian: željan, željna, željni, željno, poželjan, poželjna, poželjni, poželjno; Slovene: dobrodošel, dobrodošla; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: witany; Spanish: bienvenido, agradable; Swedish: välkommen; Tagalog: mabuhay; Thai: ยินดีต้อนรับ; Tigrinya: እንቋዕ ብደሐን መጻእካ, እንቋዕ ብደሐን መጻእኪ, እንቋዕ ብደሓን መጻእኩም, እንቋዕ ብደሓን መጻእክን; Turkish: hoş geldiniz, hoş geldin sg; Vietnamese: được hoan nghênh; Volapük: vekömik, benokömö; Welsh: i'w groesawu, i 'w chroesawu, i 'w croesawu; West Frisian: wolkom

interjection

Abkhaz: бзиала шәаабеит; Adangme: mo-hee-e; Afrikaans: welkom!; Albanian: mirë se vjen, mirësevjen, mirë se vini, mirësevini; Amharic: እንኳን ደህና መጣህ እንኳን ደህና መጣሽ እንኳን ደህና መጡ; Arabic: أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا‎, مَرْحَبًا‎; Moroccan Arabic: مرحبا‎, أهلا‎; Armenian: բարի գալուստ; Aromanian: ghini vinishi sg, ghini vinit; Asturian: bienveníu; Azerbaijani: xoş gəlmişsiniz!, xoş gəldin sg, xoş gəldiniz; Bashkir: рәхим итегеҙ, рәхим ит; Basque: ongi etorri; Belarusian: вітаем!; Bengali: খোশ আমদেদ, স্বাগতম; Breton: degemer mat, donemat; Bulgarian: добре дошъ́л, добре дошла, добре дошли; Burmese: ကြိုဆိုပါ၏; Catalan: benvingut, benvinguda, benvinguts, benvingudes; Cebuano: maayong pag-abot, pag-abot, pag-abiabi; Chechen: маьрша воагӏийл, маьрша йогӏийл, маьрша догӏийла; Cherokee: ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ; Chinese Cantonese: 歡迎, 欢迎, 歡迎光臨, 欢迎光临; Dungan: хуанйин; Hakka: 歡迎, 欢迎; Mandarin: 歡迎光臨, 欢迎光临, 歡迎, 欢迎; Min Nan: 歡迎光臨, 欢迎光临; Wu: 歡迎, 欢迎; Cornish: dynnargh dhis; Corsican: benvenutu, benvenuta, bonavinuta; Cree: ᑕᐚᐤ, ᑕᑕᐘᐤ; Czech: vítáme tě, vítej, vítáme vás, vítejte; Danish: velkommen; Dutch: welkom!; Esperanto: bonvenon!; Estonian: tere tulemast!; Ewe: wòe zɔ sg, miawoe zɔ; Faroese: vælkomin; Finnish: tervetuloa!; French: bienvenue; Friulian: benvignût; Galician: benvido, benvindo; Garo: rimchaksoa; Georgian: კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება, კეთილი იყოს შენი მობრძანება sg; German: willkommen; Middle High German: willekomen!; Old High German: willechomen!; Greek: καλώς ορίσατε, καλώς όρισες, καλώς ήρθατε, καλώς ήρθες; Ancient Greek: χαῖρε; Greenlandic: tikilluarit; Guaraní: tereg̃uahẽ porãite!, eguahé porá!; Gujarati: પધારો; Hawaiian: aloha; Hebrew: !בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא‎, !ברוכה הבאה‎, !ברוכים הבאים‎, !ברוכות הבאות‎; Hindi: स्वागतम, स्वागत है, स्वागत, पधारो, अभ्यर्थना; Hungarian: üdvözöljük, üdvözlöm, üdvözlünk, üdvözöllek, Isten hozott, Isten hozta, köszöntöm önöket; Iban: selamat datai; Icelandic: velkominn, velkomin, velkomnir, velkomnar; Ido: bonveno; Igbo: nno̱, nnọọ; Ilocano: naragsak nga isasangbay; Inari Sami: pyereest puáttim; Indonesian: selamat datang; Interlingua: benvenite!; Inuktitut: ᐊᕆᐅᙵᐃᐹ; Irish: fáilte, tá fáilte romhat sg, tá fáilte romhaibh, céad míle fáilte, fáilte romhat isteach, Dé do bheatha sg, is é do bheatha sg, Dé bhur mbeatha, is é bhur mbeatha; Italian: benvenuto!, benvenuta!, benvenuti!, benvenute!, salve; Japanese: ようこそ, いらっしゃいませ, いらっしゃい; Javanese: sugeng rawuh; Kapampangan: malaus ko pu; Kazakh: қош келдіңіз, қош келдің; Khmer: ស្វាគមន៍; Korean: 잘 오셨습니다, 환영합니다, 어서 오세요; Krio: kabɔ; Kurdish Central Kurdish: بەخێربێی‎ sg, بەخێربێن‎; Northern Kurdish: bi xêr bên, bi xêr bê sg; Kyrgyz: кош келипсиз, келиңиз, келиңиздер; Lao: ຍິນດີຕ້ອນຮັບ; Ladin: bënunì!, bënunida!, bënunii!, bënunides!; Ladino: bienvinido!, buyrun!, ke vengash en bonora!; Latin: salve, salvete, benevente! sg, beneventi!; Latvian: laipni lūdzam!; Limburgish: wilkóm; Lithuanian: sveiki atvykę; Lule Sami: buerie båeteme; Luxembourgish: wëllkëmm!; Macedonian: добредојде!, добредојдовте!; Malay: selamat datang; Malayalam: സ്വാഗതം; Maltese: merħba; Manx: failt, failt royd; Maori: haere mai, nau mai, tautimai, tahuti mai.; Marathi: स्वागत आहे; Mazanderani: خش بیمونی‎; Mi'kmaq: weltasualuleg; Mongolian: тавтай морилогтун, ᠲᠠᠪᠠᠲᠠᠢ; ᠮᠣᠷᠢᠯᠠᠭᠲᠤᠨ; Mòcheno: guat kemmen; Nahuatl: ximopanōlti sg, ximopanōltih, panoa; Navajo: yáʼátʼééh, wóshdę́ę́ʼ; Neapolitan: bemmenute; Nepali: स्वागतम्, स्वागत छ; Ngarrindjeri: nguldi arndu; Nogai: кош келдинъиз; Norman: séyiz l'beinv'nu!, séyiz la beinv'nue!, séyiz les beinv'nus!; Northern Sami: bures boahtin; Norwegian Bokmål: velkommen; Nynorsk: velkomen, velkommen; Occitan: benvengut; Ojibwe: aaniin, boozhoo; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: добрѣ прити; Glagolitic: ⰴⱁⰱⱃⱑ ⱂⱃⰻⱅⰻ; Papiamentu: bon bini; Pashto: په خیر راغلې‎; Pennsylvania German: Wilkum; Persian: خوش آمدید‎, خوش آمدی‎, خوش اومدین‎, خوش اومدی‎; Pitcairn-Norfolk: welkam; Polish: witaj! sg, witajcie!, witamy; Portuguese: bem-vindo!, bem-vinda!, bem-vindos!, bem-vindas!; Punjabi Gurmukhi: ਜੀ ਆਇਆ ਨੂੰ; Shahmukhi: جی آیِاں نُوں‎, سُت بِسْم اِلْلٰہ‎; Romani: miśto avilǎn, miśto avile; Romanian: bine ai venit! sg, bine ați venit!, bun venit, bine ai venit; Romansch: bainvegni; Russian: добро пожаловать, приветствуем!; Sanskrit: स्वागतम्; Saraiki: سُت بِسْم اِلْلٰہ‎; Sardinian: bene bennios, benénnidu!; Scots: walcum; Scottish Gaelic: fàilte, ceud mìle fàilte; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: добродошли; Roman: dobrodošli; Sicilian: binvinutu, bimminutu; Sindhi: ڀلي ڪري آيا!‎; Sinhalese: ආයුබෝවන්; Skolt Sami: tiõrv pue´ttmest; Slovak: vitajte; Slovene: dobrodošel!, dobrodošla!, dobrodošli!; Somali: soo dhowow; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: buź witany sg, buź witana sg, buźćo witane; witam śi, witamy was, etc.; Southern Sami: buorre boahtem; Spanish: ¡bienvenido!, ¡bienvenida!, bienvenidos; Sranan Tongo: wan bun kon na ini; Sukuma: tuliho!; Sundanese: wilujeng sumping; Swahili: karibu!; Swedish: välkommen sg, välkomna; Tagalog: maligayang pagdating, Mabuhay; Tahitian: maeva, manava; Tajik: хуш омадед, хуш омадӣ; Tamil: வரவேற்பு, வணக்கம்; Tarantino: bovègne; Tatar: рәхим итегез; Telugu: స్వాగతం; Thai: ยินดีต้อนรับ; Tigrinya: እንኳዕ ብደሓን መጻኻ; Turkish: hoş geldin sg, hoş geldiniz; Turkmen: hoş geldiňiz; Tz'utujil: utz epejtiik; Udmurt: гажаса ӧтиськом; Ukrainian: ласкаво просимо!; Unami: nulelìntàm èli paàn; Urdu: خوش آمدید‎, خیر مقدم‎; Uyghur: !خۇش كەپسىز‎; Uzbek: xush kelibsiz; Venetian: benvegnuo; Vietnamese: xin chào, chào, hoan nghênh, được tiếp đi ân cần; Volapük: vekömö; Walloon: bénvnowe, wilicom; Welsh: croeso!, croeso cynnes iawn; West Coast Bajau: pesorong kam; West Frisian: wolkom!; Xhosa: wamkelekile sg, namkelekile; Yiddish: ברוכים־הבאים‎ sg, ברוך־הבא‎; Yoruba: káàbọ̀; Zulu: isibingelelo!, sawubona!, uwamkelekile