From door + -man.
doorman (plural doormen)
- A person who holds open the door at the entryway (entrance) to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.
man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building
- Arabic: بَوَّاب m (bawwāb), حَاجِب m (ḥājib)
- Armenian: դռնապան (hy) (dṙnapan), շվեյցար (hy) (šveycʻar), բարապան (hy) (barapan)
- Basque: atezain (eu)
- Belarusian: адзве́рнік m (adzvjérnik), прыдзве́рнік m (prydzvjérnik), парцье́ m (parcʹjé), швейца́р m (švjejcár), кансье́рж m (kansʹjérž)
- Bulgarian: портие́р (bg) m (portiér)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 看門人／看门人 (zh) (kānménrén), 門房／门房 (zh) (ménfáng)
- Crimean Tatar: qapıcı
- Czech: dveřník (cs) m, portýr (cs) m
- Danish: dørmand c
- Finnish: ovimies (fi), eteisvahtimestari (fi)
- French: portier (fr) m
- Galician: porteiro (gl) m
- Georgian: შვეიცარი (šveicari)
- German: Pförtner (de) m
- Greek: πορτιέρης (el) m (portiéris), θυρωρός (el) m (thyrorós)
- Hebrew: שׁוֹעֵר (he) m (sho'ér)
- Hungarian: ajtónálló (hu), portás (hu), osztiárius
- Ido: pordisto (io)
- Irish: doirseoir m
- Italian: buttafuori (it) m
- Japanese: ドアマン (doaman), 玄関番 (げんかんばん, genkanban)
- Korean: 도어맨 (do'eomaen), 문지기 (ko) (munjigi)
- Latin: ostiārius m
- Macedonian: портир m (portir), вратар m (vratar)
- Ottoman Turkish: پردهجی (perdeci)
- Persian: دربان (fa) (darbân)
- Polish: portier (pl) m, odźwierny (pl) m
- Portuguese: porteiro (pt) m
- Romanian: portar (ro) m
- Russian: швейца́р (ru) m (švejcár), портье́ (ru) m (portʹjé), привра́тник (ru) m (privrátnik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: вра̀та̄р m, по̀ртӣр m
- Roman: vràtār (sh) m, pòrtīr (sh) m
- Slovak: vrátnik m
- Slovene: vratar (sl) m
- Spanish: portero (es) m
- Swahili: bawabu (sw)
- Turkish: kapıcı (tr)
- Ukrainian: швейца́р m (švejcár), портьє́ m (portʹjé), консьє́рж m (konsʹjérž), консьє́ржка f (konsʹjéržka)
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doorman m (plural doormans)
- doorman
