attendant

English

Alternative forms

• attendaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɛndənt/

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Noun

attendant (plural attendants)

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

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

2. A servant or valet.
3. (chiefly archaic) A visitor or caller.
4. That which accompanies or follows.
5. (law) One who owes a duty or service to another.

Derived terms

• cloakroom attendant
• flight attendant
• meter attendant
• parking attendant
• pump attendant
• school crossing attendant
• traditional birth attendant

 

Translations

one who attends

• Bulgarian: спътник (bg) (spǎtnik), съпроводител (sǎprovoditel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 服务员 (zh) (fúwùyuán)

• Finnish: avustaja (fi), apulainen (fi), valvoja (fi), vartija (fi), vahti (fi), virkailija (fi)
• Galician: asistente m
• German: Begleiter (de) m, Begleiterin (de) f, Bewacher (de) m, Bewacherin (de) f, Wächter (de) m, Wächterin (de) f, Aufpasser (de) m, Aufpasserin (de) f, Aufseher (de) m Aufseherin (de) f, Wärter (de) m, Wärterin (de) f, Begleitperson f, Aufsichtsperson (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀμφίπολος m or f (amphípolos)

  Mycenaean: 𐀀𐀠𐀦𐀫 (a-pi-qo-ro)

• Hungarian: alkalmazott (hu), kiszolgáló (hu), felügyelő (hu), őr (hu)
• Ido: helpanto (io), helpero (io)
• Latin: pedisequus m, pedisequa f
• Macedonian: слу́жбеник m (slúžbenik), чи́новник m (čínovnik)
• Maori: kaitaurima
• Portuguese: assistente (pt) m or f, atendedor (pt) m, atendedora f
• Russian: слу́жащий (ru) m (slúžaščij), слу́жащая (ru) f (slúžaščaja), служи́тель (ru) m (služítelʹ), служи́тельница (ru) f (služítelʹnica), чино́вник (ru) m (činóvnik), чино́вница (ru) f (činóvnica), спу́тник (ru) m (spútnik), спу́тница (ru) f (spútnica), сопровожда́ющий (ru) m (soprovoždájuščij), сопровожда́ющая f (soprovoždájuščaja), сопровожда́ющее лицо́ n (soprovoždájuščeje licó)
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-frithealaidh m or f
• Spanish: asistente (es) m or f, guarda (es) f
• Tibetan: བྲན་གཡོག (bran g.yog)
• Ukrainian: обслуговуюча особа (obsluhovujuča osoba), служитель (služytelʹ)

sales attendant

• French: vendeur (fr) m, vendeuse (fr) f
• Hungarian: eladó (hu), eladónő (hu) (female)

servant, valet, domestic worker

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仆人 (zh) (púrén)

• Finnish: palvelija (fi), lakeija (fi)
• German: Diener (de) m, Dienerin (de) f, Lakai (de) m, Lakaiin f (hypothetical for livrierte Dienerin; cf. Lakaiin and Päpstin), Kammerdiener (de) m, Kammerdienerin (de) f, Zofe (de) f, Bediensteter (de) m, Bedienstete (de) f, Bediener m, Bedienerin (de) f, Dienstbote (de) m, Dienstbotin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὑπηρέτης m (hupērétēs), θερᾰ́πων m (therápōn)

• Hungarian: szolga (hu), lakáj (hu), komornyik (hu), szobalány (hu), cseléd (hu), inas (hu)
• Irish: eachlach m or f
• Maori: hāwini, wheteke
• Middle English: serjaunt

visitor, visitant, patron, attendee, attender

• German: Besucher (de) m, Besucherin (de) f, Gast (de) m, Gästin (de) f (rare), Kunde (de) m, Kundin (de) f
• Hungarian: látogató (hu), résztvevő (hu), vendég (hu), ügyfél (hu), vevő (hu), kuncsaft (hu)
• Macedonian: посетител m (posetitel), посетителка f (posetitelka)

Adjective

attendant

1. Going with; associated; concomitant.

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

   • 1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

     The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.

   • 2012 November 13, European Court of Human Rights, Hristozov and others v. Bulgaria‎^[1], number 47039/11 358/12, marginal 120:

     The applicants […] seek to argue that because of the dire prognosis attaching to their medical condition, they should have been allowed to assume the risks attendant on a potentially life‑saving experimental product.

2. (law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.

   the widow attendant to the heir

   • 1528, John Perkins, Profitable Booke:

     The tenant in dower […] shall be attendant unto them by the rate and portion of the rent.

Translations

going with; associated; concomitant

• Bulgarian: придружаващ (bg) (pridružavašt), свързан (bg) (svǎrzan)
• Finnish: asianmukainen (fi), siihen kuuluva, liittyvä (fi)
• German: zugehörig (de), anwesend (de), begleitend (de)
• Hungarian: vele/azzal járó/kapcsolatos, hozzá/ahhoz tartozó/kapcsolódó
• Occitan: associat (oc) m, concomitant (oc) m, inerent (oc) m, indissociable
• Portuguese: inerente (pt), respectivo (pt) m
• Russian: сопу́тствующий (ru) (sopútstvujuščij) (accompanying), сопровожда́ющий (ru) (soprovoždájuščij) (accompanying), свя́занный (ru) (svjázannyj) (related)
• Spanish: concomitante (es), inherente (es)
• Ukrainian: супровідний (suprovidnyj)

depending on; owing duty or service to

• German: abhängig (de), verpflichtet (de)

See also

• part and parcel

French

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Participle

attendant

1. present participle of attendre

   En attendant Patrick, j’ai croisé David.

   While waiting for Patrick, I ran into David.

Derived terms

• en attendant
• en attendant que

Further reading

• “attendant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /atˈten.dant/, [ät̪ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪än̪t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈten.dant/, [ät̪ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪än̪t̪]

Verb

attendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of attendō