concierge

See also: conciërge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French concierge.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.siˈɛə̯ʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.siˈɛɹʒ/

Noun

concierge (plural concierges)

1. One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests.
2. (Britain) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.

Synonyms

• caretaker
• custodian
• janitor

Translations

one who attends to the slightest desire of hotel guests

• Armenian: շվեյցար (hy) (šveycʿar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 看門人 (zh), 看门人 (zh) (kānménrén)

• Dutch: butler (nl)
• Estonian: uksehoidja, šveitser, portjee
• French: concierge (fr) m
• German: Concierge (de) m or f, Portier (de) m
• Hungarian: portás (hu), hotelportás, recepciós
• Japanese: コンシェルジュ (konsheruju)

• Portuguese: concierge (pt) m or f
• Romanian: portar (ro) m, portăreasă (ro) f
• Russian: консье́рж (ru) m (konsʹjérž), консье́ржка (ru) f (konsʹjéržka), портье́ (ru) m (portʹjé)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: консијерж m

  Roman: konsijerž (sh) m

• Spanish: conserje (es) m or f
• Turkish: uşak (tr)

one who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and guests

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 物业管理人

• Dutch: conciërge (nl) m
• Estonian: majahoidja
• French: concierge (fr) m, gardien (fr) m
• German: Hausmeister (de) m, Hausmeisterin (de) f, Hotelportier (de) m, Hotelportierin f, Pförtner (de) m, Pförtnerin (de) f, Portier (de) m, Portiersfrau (de) f

• Greek: θυρωρός (el) m (thyrorós)
• Hungarian: házfelügyelő (hu), gondnok (hu), épületgondnok
• Norwegian: vaktmester (no) m
• Portuguese: zelador (pt) m
• Romanian: om de serviciu m, păzitor (ro) m, gardian (ro) m, portar (ro) m
• Spanish: portero (es) m
• Turkish: odabaşı (tr), odacı (tr), kapıcı (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: concierge m

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} conserje (es) m, ^{(please verify)} portero (es) m

Further reading

• Concierge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Concierge in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• cogeneric

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French

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *conservius, from Latin conservus (“fellow-slave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sjɛʁʒ/

Noun

concierge m (plural concierges)

1. house-porter, doorkeeper, caretaker
2. (US) janitor, custodian
3. concierge
4. lodge-keeper of a château
5. keeper, jailor (prison)

Descendants

• → Catalan: conserge
• → English: concierge
• → German: Concierge
• → Portuguese: concierge
• → Russian: консье́рж (konsʹjérž)
• → Serbo-Croatian: konsijerž / консијерж
• → Spanish: conserje

Further reading

• “concierge” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French concierge.

Noun

concierge m, f (plural concierges)

1. concierge (one who attends to the slightest desire of hotel guests)