doorman

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mən

Etymology

door +‎ -man

Noun

doorman (plural doormen)

1. A man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.

Synonyms

• doorkeeper

Coordinate terms

• bouncer
• hall porter

Derived terms

• nondoorman
• doormanship

Translations

man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building

• Arabic: بَوَّاب‏‎ m (bawwāb)
• Armenian: դռնապան (hy) (dṙnapan), շվեյցար (hy) (šveycʿar), բարապան (hy) (barapan)
• Basque: atezain (eu)
• Chinese:

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

• Crimean Tatar: qapıcı
• Czech: dveřník (cs) m, portýr (cs) m
• Danish: dørmand c
• Finnish: ovimies (fi), eteisvahtimestari
• French: portier (fr) m
• German: Pförtner (de) m
• Greek: πορτιέρης (el) m (portiéris), θυρωρός (el) m (thyrorós)
• Hebrew: שוער‏‎ (he) m (sho'er)

• Ido: pordisto (io)
• Irish: doirseoir m
• Italian: buttafuori (it) m
• Japanese: ドアマン (doaman)
• Latin: ostiarius m
• Macedonian: портир m (pórtir), вратар m (vrátar)
• Persian: دربان‏‎ (fa) (darbân)
• Portuguese: porteiro (pt) m
• Romanian: portar (ro) m
• Russian: швейца́р (ru) m (švejcár), портье́ (ru) m (portʹjé), привра́тник (ru) m (privrátnik)
• Spanish: portero (es) m
• Swahili: bawabu (sw)

Anagrams

• madrono, madroño, mandoor

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Spanish

Noun

doorman m (plural doormans)

1. doorman