tervetuloa

Finnish

Etymology

terve (“healthy”) +‎ tuloa (“coming”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈterʋeˣˌtuloɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞rʋe̞t̪̚ˌt̪ulo̞ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uloɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): terve‧tuloa

Interjection

tervetuloa

1. (when greeting) welcome, great to see you, nice you could come
2. (after having arranged a visit) looking forward to seeing you
3. (when inviting someone) Would you like to visit us? It'd be nice to have you over sometime. (Please) come again! (only by salespeople:) (Please) call again!

Derived terms

compounds

• tervetuloseremonia
• tervetulotoivotus

 

See also

• terve
• tervemenoa

Further reading

• “tervetuloa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03