attendant

English

Alternative forms

• attendaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɛndənt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

attendant (plural attendants)

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

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)
• French: attendant (fr) m, attendante (fr) f
• Galician: asistente m
• German: Begleiter (de) m, Wächter (de) m, Aufpasser (de) m, Aufseher (de) m, Wärter (de) m, Begleitperson f, Aufsichtsperson f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀμφίπολος m (amphípolos)

  Mycenaean: 𐀀𐀠𐀦𐀫 (a-pi-qo-ro)

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• Ido: helpanto (io), helpero (io)
• Interlingue: ,
• Latin: pedisequus m, pedisequa f
• Portuguese: assistente (pt), atendedor (pt)
• Russian: слу́жащий (ru) m (slúžaščij), служи́тель (ru) m (služítelʹ), чино́вник (ru) m (činóvnik), спу́тник (ru) m (spútnik), сопровожда́ющий (ru) m (soprovoždájuščij), 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)

servant, valet, domestic worker

• Finnish: palvelija (fi), lakeija (fi)
• German: Diener (de) m, Lakei m, Kammerdiener (de) m, Zofe (de) f, Bediensteter (de) m, Bediener m, Dienstbote (de) m
• Greek:

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

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• Interlingue:
• Irish: eachlach m or f
• Maori: hāwini, wheteke

visitor, visitant, patron, attendee, attender

• German: Besucher (de) m, Gast (de) m, Kunde (de) m
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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.

   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Walter Scott and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     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

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowell to this entry?)

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)
• Occitan: associat m, concomitant m, inerent m, indissociable
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• 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)
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See also

• part and parcel

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

attendant

1. present participle of attendre

   En attendant Patrick, j’ai croisé David.

   While waiting for Patrick, I ran into David.

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Latin

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(deprecated template usage) attendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of attendō