bellboy

See also: bell boy

English

Etymology

bell +‎ boy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlˌbɔɪ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

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:

  Mandarin: 服務生／服务生 (zh) (fúwùshēng)

• Danish: piccolo c
• Esperanto: grumo (eo) m or c
• Finnish: hotellipoika, pikkolo (fi)
• French: chasseur (fr) m
• German: Hotelpage (de) m
• Greek: γκρουμ (el) m (gkroum)
• Italian: boy (it) m, fattorino (it) m, facchino (it) m
• Japanese: ベルボーイ (berubōi)
• Korean: 사환 (ko) (sahwan)
• Macedonian: портир m (portir)
• Polish: boy (pl) m
• Portuguese: carregador (pt) m
• Romanian: boy (ro) m, băiat de serviciu m
• Russian: коридо́рный (ru) m (koridórnyj), посы́льный (ru) m (posýlʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: потрчко m, potrčko (sh) m
• Spanish: botones (es)
• Swedish: piccolo (sv)

See also

• bell captain
• bellgirl