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

Translations

one who attends to the wishes of hotel guests

Armenian: շվեյցար (hy) (šveycʿar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 看門人／看门人 (zh) (kānménrén), 司閽／司阍 (zh) (sīhūn), 門房／门房 (zh) (ménfáng)
Dutch: butler (nl)
Estonian: uksehoidja, šveitser, portjee
French: concierge (fr) m
Galician: conserxe (gl) m or f
German: Concierge (de) m or f, Portier (de) m, Portierin (de) f, Hotelportier (de) m, Hotelportierin (de) f
Hungarian: portás (hu), hotelportás, recepciós
Japanese: コンシェルジュ (konsheruju)
Portuguese: concierge (pt) m or f
Romanian: portar (ro) m, portăreasă (ro) f
Russian: консье́рж (ru) m (konsʹjérž), консье́ржка (ru) f (konsʹjéržka), портье́ (ru) m (portʹjé)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: консијерж m

Roman: konsijerž (sh) m
Spanish: conserje (es) m or f
Turkish: uşak (tr)

one who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and guests

Dutch: conciërge (nl) m
Estonian: majahoidja
French: concierge (fr) m or f, gardien (fr) m
Galician: conserxe (gl) m or f
German: Hausmeister (de) m, Hausmeisterin (de) f, Pförtner (de) m, Pförtnerin (de) f, Portier (de) m, Portierin (de) f, Portiersfrau (de) f
Greek: θυρωρός (el) m (thyrorós)
Hungarian: házfelügyelő (hu), gondnok (hu), épületgondnok
Norwegian: vaktmester (no) m
Portuguese: zelador (pt) m
Romanian: om de serviciu m, păzitor (ro) m, gardian (ro) m, portar (ro) m
Spanish: portero (es) m
Turkish: odabaşı (tr), odacı (tr), kapıcı (tr)

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)

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