doorman

§English

Wikipedia

§Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mən

§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

§Related terms

• bouncer
• hall porter

§Translations

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

• Arabic: بواب m (bawwaab)
• Armenian: դռնապան (dṙnapan), շվեյցար (šveycʿar), բարապան (barapan)
• Basque: atezain (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 看門人 (zh), 看门人 (kānménrén)

• Crimean Tatar: qapıcı
• Czech: dveřník m, portýr m
• Finnish: ovimies (fi)
• French: portier (fr) m
• German: Pförtner (de) m
• Greek: πορτιέρης (el) m (portiéris), θυρωρός (el) m (thyrorós)

• Hebrew: שוער (he) m (sho'er)
• Irish: doirseoir m
• Italian: buttafuori (it) m
• Japanese: ドアマン (doaman)
• Macedonian: портир m (pórtir), вратар m (vrátar)
• Persian: دربان (fa) (darbân)
• Portuguese: porteiro (pt) m
• Russian: швейцар (ru) m (švejcár), портье (ru) m (port'jé), привратник (ru) m (privrátnik)
• Spanish: portero (es) m

§Anagrams

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