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ˈwelkəm Exclamation Bre Home Oxford Good Evening Show

Word welcome
WordType (exclamation)
Phonetic BrE / ˈwelkəm / NAmE / ˈwelkəm /
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  • welcome home!
  • welcome to oxford!
  • good evening everybody. welcome to the show!
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welcome

(exclamation)BrE / ˈwelkəm / NAmE / ˈwelkəm /
  1. used as a greeting to tell somebody that you are pleased that they are there
    • Welcome home!
    • Welcome to Oxford!
    • Good evening everybody. Welcome to the show!

    Word Origin

    • Old English wilcuma ‘a person whose coming is pleasing’, wilcumian (verb), from wil- ‘desire, pleasure’ + cuman ‘come’. The first element was later changed to wel- ‘well’, influenced by Old French bien venu or Old Norse velkominn.
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