English
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Etymology
From care taker
Pronunciation
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Noun
caretaker (plural caretakers
Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after somewhere, or with responsibility for keeping a place in good repair.
1967 Barbara Sleigh , Jessamy 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN 11 :‘Miss Brindle must be very rich to live in such a big house,’ went on Jessamy. ‘Miss Brindle rich?’ said Aunt Maggie. ‘Bless you, she hasn’t tuppence to rub together. She’s only the caretaker .’
Synonyms: ( British ) concierge janitor
Someone who takes care of a person; a parent , carer or other guardian .
Translations
one who takes care of a place or thing
Arabic: مُحَافِظ m ( muḥāfiẓ )
Azerbaijani: mühafiz
Catalan: conserge m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 管理人 (zh) ( guǎnlǐrén )
Danish: vicevært (da) c
Finnish: huoltomies (fi) , hoitaja (fi) , talonmies (fi)
French: concierge (fr) m or f gardien (fr) m gardienne (fr) f
German: Hausmeister (de) m
Greek: επιστάτης (el) m ( epistátis )
Ancient Greek: ἐπιμελητής m ( epimelētḗs )
Hungarian: gondnok (hu) , épületgondnok házfelügyelő (hu) , házmester (hu)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Irish: airíoch m feighlí m
Italian: portinaio (it) m caposcala m
Macedonian: домар m ( domar ) , настојник m ( nastojnik )
Navajo: yaaʼáhályání
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vaktmester (no) m
Nynorsk: vaktmeister m
Polish: dozorca (pl) m dozorczyni (pl) f
Romanian: portar (ro) m gardian (ro) m paznic (ro) m
Russian: смотри́тель (ru) m ( smotrítelʹ ) , смотри́тельница (ru) f ( smotrítelʹnica ) , сто́рож (ru) m ( stórož )
Spanish: conserje (es) m or f portero (es) m
Swedish: vaktmästare (sv)
one who takes care of a person
Chamorro: a'adahi
Chinese:
Mandarin: 護工 ／ 护工 ( hùgōng ) , 护工 ( hùgōng ) , 看護 ／ 看护 (zh) ( kānhù ) , 看护 (zh) ( kānhù ) , 照顧者 ／ 照顾者 ( zhàogùzhě ) , 照顾者 ( zhàogùzhě )
Dutch: voogd (nl) m
Finnish: huoltaja (fi) , hoitaja (fi)
French: gardien (fr) m gardienne (fr) f
German: Pfleger (de) m Pflegerin (de) f
Greek: κηδεμόνας (el) m or f ( kidemónas )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Hungarian: gondozó (hu) , ápoló (hu) , gondviselő
Irish: airíoch m feighlí m bean faire f fear faire m cúramóir m
Italian: badante (it)
Macedonian: старател m ( staratel )
Romanian: îngrijitor (ro) m îngrijitoare (ro) f
Russian: сиде́лка (ru) f ( sidélka ) , ня́ня (ru) f ( njánja ) , ня́нька (ru) f ( njánʹka ) , медсестра́ (ru) f ( medsestrá )
Adjective
caretaker (not comparable )
( chiefly UK ) Temporary , on a short term basis.
Synonym: interim Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final.
Translations
temporary, on a short term basis