ウェルカム

also: うえるかむ

うぇ

る

か

む

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

welcome; welcoming

Katakana noun used for a welcome or welcoming gesture, especially in compounds and signage such as ウェルカムボード and ウェルカムドリンク.

A welcome board had been placed at the entrance.

ホテルでウェルカムドリンクを受うけ取とった。

I received a welcome drink at the hotel.

〈事こと〉はウェルカムだto be welcome/fine with something (casual)
質しつ問もんはいつでもウェルカムです。
Questions are always welcome.
〈人ひと〉をウェルカムするto welcome someone (casual)
新あたらしいメンバーをウェルカムする雰ふん囲い気きがあった。
There was an atmosphere of welcoming new members.

歓かん迎げいN3
歓迎 is the standard Japanese noun/suru-verb for welcoming someone and works in formal writing, while ウェルカム is a casual loanword mostly used in compounds or as an adjective-like exclamation.
ようこそN1
ようこそ is a fixed greeting said directly to arriving guests ('Welcome!'), whereas ウェルカム functions as a noun or modifier rather than a spoken greeting.

ウェルカムUsage67%
Standard small-ェ katakana spelling; this form is high priority.
ウエルカムUsage33%
Variant spelling with full-size エ, also attested; ウェルカム is the more standard-looking modern spelling.

Written in katakana; no language-of-origin information is specified, so the exact borrowing history is not specified here.