concierge

See also: conciërge and Concierge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French concierge.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.siˈɛə̯ʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.siˈɛɹʒ/

Noun

concierge (plural concierges)

1. One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests.
2. (British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.
3. (obsolete) Synonym of conciergerie.

Synonyms

• caretaker
• custodian
• janitor

Derived terms

• concierge mom
• conciergeship

 

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 or f
• 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 (ja) (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, gardienne (fr) f
• 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 or f (thyrorós), θυρωρίνα (el) f (thyrorína)
• 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, portera f
• 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:

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Noun

concierge m (plural concierges)

1. house-porter, doorkeeper, caretaker
2. (US) janitor, custodian
3. concierge
4. lodge-keeper of a château
5. 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]

• (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)

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

Further reading

• “concierge”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “concierge”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “concierge”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025