concierge

See also: conciërge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French concierge.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

concierge (plural concierges)

1. One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests.
2. (British) 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) (šveycʻar)
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: buttler
• Estonian: uksehoidja, šveitser, portjee
• French: concierge (fr) m
• German: Concierge (de) m or f, Portier (de) m
• Japanese: コンシェルジュ (konsheruju)
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• 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)
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• 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)

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) French: concierge m
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} conserje (es) m, ^{(please verify)} portero (es) m

Further reading

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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)

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French concierge.

Noun

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