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.
(British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.
(obsolete) Synonym of conciergerie.

Synonyms

Derived terms

concierge mom

Translations

one who attends to the wishes of hotel guests

Armenian: շվեյցար (hy) (šveycʻar)
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 (hu), recepciós (hu)
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

Danish: varmemester c, vicevært (da) c
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:
Bokmål: vaktmester (no) m, portner (no) m

Nynorsk: vaktmeister m, portnar 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 *cōnservius, from Latin cōnservus (“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

→? Belarusian: кансье́рж (kansʹjérž)
→ Catalan: conserge
→ English: concierge
→ German: Concierge
→ Portuguese: concierge
→ Russian: консье́рж (konsʹjérž)
→ Serbo-Croatian: konsijerž / консијерж
→ Spanish: conserje
→ Ukrainian: консьє́рж (konsʹjérž)

Further reading

“concierge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French concierge.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.siˈɛʁ.ʒi/ [kõ.sɪˈɛɦ.ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈsjɛʁ.ʒi/ [kõˈsjɛɦ.ʒi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.siˈɛɾ.ʒi/ [kõ.sɪˈɛɾ.ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈsjɛɾ.ʒi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.siˈɛʁ.ʒi/ [kõ.sɪˈɛʁ.ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈsjɛʁ.ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.siˈɛɻ.ʒe/ [kõ.sɪˈɛɻ.ʒe], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈsjɛɻ.ʒe/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈsjɛɾ.ʒɨ/

Rhymes: -ɛɾʒi
Hyphenation: con‧ci‧er‧ge

Noun

concierge m or f by sense (plural concierges)

concierge (one who attends to the slightest desire of hotel guests)

Further reading

“concierge” in Dicionário Online de Português.
“concierge” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
“concierge” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

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