janitor

English

Etymology

From Latin ianitor (“doorkeeper”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒænɪtə/
Audio (UK) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒænɪtɚ/

Noun

janitor (plural janitors) (female: janitress or janitrix (rare))

(chiefly US) Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
1. (Scotland) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles.
A doorman.
(Internet slang, 4chan, sometimes derogatory) A moderator for a discussion forum.

Synonyms

(mostly British) caretaker
cleaner
(British) concierge
(One who maintains a collection, especially in a museum): curator
custodian
(One who cleans and maintains a garden): groundskeeper
maintenance person
(One who maintains a forum): moderator, mod
porter

Derived terms

janitoriat

Translations

caretaker

Armenian: (cleaning) հավաքարար (hy) (havakʿarar)
Belarusian: дво́рнiк m (dvórnik)
Bulgarian: разси́лен (bg) m (razsílen)
Catalan: bidell (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: domovník (cs) m, domácí (cs) m or f, domovnice f
Dutch: conciërge (nl)
Finnish: huoltomies (fi), talonmies (fi), siivooja (fi), (colloquial) talkkari (fi)
French: concierge (fr) m or f
Georgian: მეეზოვე (meezove)
German: Hausmeister (de) m, Hausmeisterin (de) f, Hauswartin (de) f, Hauswart (de) m
Hungarian: házfelügyelő (hu), gondnok (hu)
Indonesian: marbut (id), pesuruh (id)
Italian: bidello (it)
Maltese: purtinar m
Polish: woźny (pl) m, woźna (pl) f
Portuguese: zelador (pt) m
Quechua: pichaq
Romanian: om de serviciu m, păzitor (ro) m, gardian (ro) m
Russian: дво́рник (ru) m (dvórnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: до̀ма̄р m
Roman: dòmār (sh) m
Slovak: správca m, správkyňa f, domovník m, domovníčka f, domáci (sk) m, domáca f
Spanish: conserje (es) m, bedel (es) m
Swedish: vaktmästare (sv)
Tagalog: tagalinis
Ukrainian: двірни́к m (dvirnýk)

doorman

Arabic: بَوَّاب‎ m (bawwāb)
Armenian: դռնապան (hy) (dṙnapan)
Belarusian: адзве́рнік m (adzvjérnik), прыдзве́рнік m (prydzvjérnik), парцье́ m (parcʹjé), швейца́р m (švjejcár), кансье́рж m (kansʹjérž), вахцёр m (vaxcjór), вахцёрка f (vaxcjórka)
Bulgarian: портие́р (bg) m (portiér), портие́рка f (portiérka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 看門人 (zh), 看门人 (zh) (kānménrén), 門房 (zh), 门房 (zh) (ménfáng)
Czech: vrátný (cs) m, vrátná f, dveřník (cs) m, portýr (cs) m
Dutch: portier (nl)
Finnish: vahtimestari (fi), ovimies (fi), ovenvartija, (dated) portieeri (fi), (colloquial) portsari (fi)
French: portier (fr) m, portière (fr) f
Georgian: შვეიცარი (šveicari), კარისკაცი (ḳarisḳaci), მეკარე (meḳare)
German: Pförtner (de) m, Pförtnerin (de) f
Hungarian: portás (hu), kapus (hu)
Irish: doirseoir m
Japanese: 玄関番 (げんかんばん, genkanban), ドアマン (doaman)
Korean: 문지기 (ko) (munjigi), 도어맨 (do'eomaen)
Macedonian: портир m (portir), вратар m (vratar)
Persian: دربان‎ (fa) (darbân)
Polish: portier (pl) m, portierka f, odźwierny (pl) m
Portuguese: porteiro (pt) m
Romanian: portar (ro) m
Russian: швейца́р (ru) m (švejcár), портье́ (ru) m (portʹjé), консье́рж (ru) m (konsʹjérž), вахтёр (ru) m (vaxtjór), вахтёрша (ru) f (vaxtjórša), привра́тник (ru) m (privrátnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вра̀та̄р m, по̀ртӣр m
Roman: vràtār (sh) m, pòrtīr (sh) m
Slovak: vrátnik m, vrátnička f
Slovene: vratar (sl) m
Spanish: portero (es) m, portera f
Swedish: vaktmästare (sv) c
Ukrainian: швейца́р m (švejcár), консьє́рж m (konsʹjérž), вахте́р (uk) m (vaxtér), вахте́рка (uk) f (vaxtérka), портьє́ m (portʹjé)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Slovene: ^{(please verify)} hišnik m