English
Etymology
door + -man
Pronunciation
Noun
doorman (plural doormen )
A person 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.
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man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building
Arabic: بَوَّاب m ( bawwāb )
Armenian: դռնապան (hy) ( dṙnapan ) , շվեյցար (hy) ( šveycʻar ) , բարապան (hy) ( barapan )
Basque: atezain (eu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 看門人 / 看门人 (zh) ( kānménrén ) , 看门人 (zh) ( kānménrén ) , 門房 / 门房 (zh) ( ménfáng )
Crimean Tatar: qapıcı
Czech: dveřník (cs) m , portýr (cs) m
Danish: dørmand c
Finnish: ovimies (fi) , eteisvahtimestari (fi)
French: portier (fr) m
German: Pförtner (de) m
Greek: πορτιέρης (el) m ( portiéris ) , θυρωρός (el) m ( thyrorós )
Hebrew: שוער (he) m ( sho'er )
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Ido: pordisto (io)
Irish: doirseoir m
Italian: buttafuori (it) m
Japanese: ドアマン ( doaman )
Latin: ostiārius m
Macedonian: портир m ( portir ) , вратар m ( vratar )
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)
Ukrainian: швейца́р m ( švejcár ) , портьє m ( portʹje ) , консьєрж m ( konsʹjerž ) , консьєржка f ( konsʹjeržka )
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Spanish
Noun
doorman m (plural doormans )
doorman