benvenuto

See also: Benvenuto and ben venuto

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *bene venūtus. By surface analysis, ben (“well”, apocopic form of bene) +‎ venuto (“come”, past participle of venire). Presumably a calque of a Gothic term, from Proto-Germanic *wiljakwumô (“a welcome guest or arrival”), from which many modern Germanic forms descend, as English welcome.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ben.veˈnu.to/, /ˌbɛn.veˈnu.to/[1]
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  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: ben‧ve‧nù‧to

Adjective

benvenuto (feminine benvenuta, masculine plural benvenuti, feminine plural benvenute)

  1. welcome

Derived terms

Interjection

benvenuto

  1. welcome!

Noun

benvenuto m (plural benvenuti)

  1. welcome (greeting)

References
  1. benvenuto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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