concierge

Borrowed from French concierge.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.siˈɛə̯ʒ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.siˈɛɹʒ/

concierge (plural concierges)

1. One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests.

   Synonyms: caretaker, custodian, janitor

2. One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.
   • 2009 October 2, Nick Kaye, “The Residence Club on Mission Beach”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 February 2022:

     Underground parking, private storage and daily housekeeping are offered as well, and the club’s concierge can assist with prearrival grocery shopping, spa reservations, dinner plans and golf tee times.

   • 2023 November 6, Eliza Shapiro, “Inside the Private World the Richest New Yorkers Built for Themselves”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 3 January 2024:

     Everyday life is increasingly unaffordable for most New Yorkers, but a new class of private, members-only and concierge services is emerging as a kind of gated community within the city.

3. A nurse who provides support during fertility treatment.
4. (obsolete) Synonym of conciergerie.

• Concierge in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• cogeneric

Probably from Vulgar Latin *cōnservius, from Latin cōnservus (“fellow-slave”).

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sjɛʁʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁʒ

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)

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

Borrowed from French concierge.

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

concierge m or f by sense (plural concierges)

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

• “concierge”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “concierge”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “concierge”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN