• (RP, GA, CA) enPR: wĕlʹkəm, IPA: /ˈwɛlkəm/

welcome

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

   a welcome visitor

   Refugees welcome in London!

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

2. Producing gladness.

   a welcome present;  welcome news

3. 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 5661828 ↗:

     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.

• French: bienvenu
• German: willkommen
• Italian: benvenuto
• Portuguese: bem-vindo
• Russian: жела́нный
• Spanish: bienvenido, agradable

• Italian: libero

1. Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
2. (nonstandard, especially, Southern US)

• French: bienvenue
• German: willkommen
• Italian: benvenuto!, benvenuta!, benvenuti!, benvenute!, salve
• Portuguese: bem-vindo!, bem-vinda!, bem-vindos!, bem-vindas!
• Russian: добро́ пожа́ловать
• Spanish: bienvenido, bienvenida, bienvenidos

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.

   • his warmest welcome at an inn

   • Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too.

4. The state of being a welcome guest.

• French: bienvenue
• German: Begrüßung, Empfang
• Italian: accoglienza
• Portuguese: recepção
• Russian: приём
• Spanish: acogida, bienvenida

• French: bienvenue
• German: Begrüßung
• Italian: benvenuto
• Portuguese: boas-vindas
• Russian: приве́тствие
• Spanish: bienvenida

welcome (welcomes, present participle welcoming; past and past participle welcomed)

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

   We welcome suggestions for improvement.

   • 2019, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190311070055/https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/south-korea-proposes-rain-project-with-china-to-cut-pollution/4819207.html VOA Learning English] (public domain)

     Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang welcomed cooperation with South Korea.

• French: accueillir, souhaiter la bienvenue
• German: begrüßen, willkommen heißen
• Italian: accogliere, dare il benvenuto
• Portuguese: dar as boas-vindas a, receber, acolher
• Russian: приве́тствовать
• Spanish: dar la bienvenida

• German: begrüßen, gutheißen
• Italian: accettare, gradire,
• Portuguese: aceitar
• Russian: приве́тствовать

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