concierge

See also: conciërge and Concierge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French concierge.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.siˈɛə̯ʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Audio (General American): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.siˈɛɹʒ/

Noun

concierge (plural concierges)

One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests.
Synonyms: caretaker, custodian, janitor
(British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.
A nurse who provides support during fertility treatment.
(obsolete) Synonym of conciergerie.

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
Finnish: hotelliportieeri
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
Finnish: vahtimestari (fi)
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: (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 Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 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