attendant

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Alternative forms

• attendaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

Middle French

Pronunciation

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Noun

attendant (plural attendants)

1. One who attends; one who works with or watches something.

   Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.

Translations

one who attends

• Bulgarian: спътник, съпроводител
• Finnish: avustaja (fi), apulainen (fi), valvoja (fi), vartija (fi), vahti (fi)
• French: attendant (fr) m, attendante (fr) f
• Ido: helpanto (io), helpero (io)

• Russian: служащий (ru) (slúžaščij) m, служитель (ru) (služítelʹ) m, чиновник (ru) (činóvnik) m; спутник (ru) (spútnik) m, сопровождающий (ru) (soprovoždájuščij) m, сопровождающее лицо (ru) (soprovoždájuščeje licó) n
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-frithealaidh m and f
• Spanish: asistente (es) m and f, guarda (es) f

Adjective

attendant (comparative more attendant, superlative most attendant)

1. Going with; associated; concomitant.

   They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.

Translations

associated; concomitant

• Bulgarian: придружаващ, свързан с
• Finnish: asianmukainen (fi), siihen kuuluva (fi)
• German: zugehörig

• Portuguese: inerente (pt), respectivo (pt) m
• Spanish: concomitante (es), inherente (es)

See also

• part and parcel

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French

Verb form

attendant

1. Present participle of attendre.

   En attendant Patrick, j'ai croisé David.

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Latin

Verb

attendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of attendō