adj
Meaning 1
hospitable, accessible and cordial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
welcoming
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noun
Meaning 2
An act of giving welcome.
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verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of welcome
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
very cordial
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a welcoming smile
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History
Etymology
From welcome + -ing.
From Middle English welcominge, welcomyng, equivalent to welcome + -ing.
From Middle English welcomyng, equivalent to welcome + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: acoyedor — hospitable
- Bengali: আতিথেয় (atitheẏo) — hospitable
- Catalan: acollidor — hospitable
- Dutch: gastvrij — hospitable
- Finnish: sydämellinen — hospitable
- Finnish: vastaanottavainen — hospitable
- Finnish: vieraanvarainen — hospitable
- French: accueillant — hospitable
- Galician: acolledor — hospitable
- Galician: gasalleiro — hospitable
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gastigōþs) — hospitable
- Italian: accogliente — hospitable
- Polish: gościnny — hospitable
- Portuguese: acolhedor — hospitable
- Romanian: primitor — hospitable
- Russian: гостеприи́мный (gostepriímnyj) — hospitable
- Spanish: acogedor — hospitable
- Swedish: välkomnande — hospitable
- Spanish: bienvenida — Translations
- Spanish: bienvenido — Translations
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