concierge
See also: conciërge and Concierge
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French concierge.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkɒn.siˈɛə̯ʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌkɑn.siˈɛɹʒ/
Noun
concierge (plural concierges)
- One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests.
- (Britain) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.
- (obsolete) Synonym of conciergerie.
Synonyms
- caretaker
- custodian
- janitor
Translations
one who attends to the wishes of hotel guests
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one who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and guests
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Further reading
Concierge in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- cogeneric
French
Etymology
Probably from Vulgar Latin *conservius, from Latin conservus (“fellow-slave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sjɛʁʒ/
Audio (file)
Noun
concierge m (plural concierges)
- house-porter, doorkeeper, caretaker
- (US) janitor, custodian
- concierge
- lodge-keeper of a château
- 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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French concierge.
Noun
concierge m or f by sense (plural concierges)
- concierge (one who attends to the slightest desire of hotel guests)