bellboy

English

Etymology

bell +‎ boy

Pronunciation

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Noun

bellboy (plural bellboys)

1. A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands.

Synonyms

• bellhop, bellman

Translations

A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands

• Chinese: trad. 服務生, simpl. 服务生 (pinyin: fúwùshēng)
• Danish: piccolo (da) c
• Finnish: hotellipoika (fi), pikkolo (fi)
• French: chasseur (fr)
• German: Hotelpage
• Italian: boy (it) m

• Japanese: ベルボーイ (beruboui)
• Korean: 사환 (ko)
• Macedonian: портир (mk) (portír) m
• Portuguese: mandarete
• Russian: коридорный (ru) (koridórnyj) m, посыльный (ru) (posýl'nyj) m
• Spanish: botones (es)

See also

• bell captain
• bellgirl