different between concierge vs doorkeeper

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French concierge.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?n.si?????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?n.si????/

Noun

concierge (plural concierges)

1. One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests.
2. (Britain) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.

Synonyms

• caretaker
• custodian
• janitor

Translations

Further reading

• Concierge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 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): /k??.sj???/

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

• ? Catalan: conserge
• ? English: concierge
• ? German: Concierge
• ? Portuguese: concierge
• ? Russian: ????????? (kons?jérž)
• ? Serbo-Croatian: konsijerž / ?????????
• ? Spanish: conserje

Further reading

• “concierge” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French concierge.

Noun

concierge m, f (plural concierges)

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

English

Etymology

door +? keeper

Noun

doorkeeper (plural doorkeepers)

1. The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes something more.
   • 1920, Willa Cather, Youth and the Bright Medusa.

     The manager at Carnegie Hall was told to get another usher in his stead; the doorkeeper at the theatre was warned not to admit him to the house; and Charley Edwards remorsefully promised the boy's father not to see him again.

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