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English
Etymology
Compound of door + keeper.
Noun
doorkeeper (plural doorkeepers)
- The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes something more.
- Synonym: concierge
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.
Translations
person in charge of an entryway
- Arabic: بَوَّاب m (bawwāb), بَوَّابَة f (bawwāba)
- Armenian: դռնապան (hy) (dṙnapan), շվեյցար (hy) (šveycʻar), բարապան (hy) (barapan)
- Aromanian: purtar m, purtaru m
- Bengali: দারোয়ান (bn) (darōẇan)
- Bulgarian: врата́р (bg) m (vratár), портие́р (bg) m (portiér)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 把門人／把门人 (bǎménrén)
- Coptic: ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ m (mnout), ⲫⲁⲡⲣⲟ (phapro)
- Czech: portýr (cs) m, dveřník (cs) m
- Danish: portner c
- Egyptian: (jrj-ꜥꜣ)
- Finnish: vahtimestari (fi), ovenvartija
- French: portier (fr) m, portière (fr) f, concierge (fr) m or f
- German: Portier (de) m, Portierin (de) f, Portierfrau (de) f, Portiersfrau (de) f, Concierge (de) m or f, Pförtner (de) m, Pförtnerin (de) f, Türsteher (de) m, Türsteherin (de) f, Zerberus m (humorous)
- Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 m (daurawards), 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 f (daurawarda)
- Greek: πορτιέρης (el) m (portiéris), πορτιέρισσα (el) f (portiérissa), θυρωρός (el) m or f (thyrorós), θυρωρίνα (el) f (thyrorína)
- Ancient: θυρωρός m (thurōrós)
- Hungarian: portás (hu)
- Ido: pordisto (io), pordistulo (io) (male), pordistino (io) (female)
- Italian: portiere (it) m, portiera (it) f
- Japanese: 玄関番 (げんかんばん, genkanban), 守衛 (ja) (しゅえい, shuei), 門番 (ja) (monban)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: dergevan (ku) m or f
- Latin: portārius m
- Macedonian: вра́тар m (vrátar), по́ртир m (pórtir)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: portner (no) m, portvakt m or f
- Nynorsk: portnar m, portvakt f
- Ottoman Turkish: پردهجی (perdeci)
- Polish: portier (pl) m, portierka (pl) f, odźwierny (pl) m, odźwierna f, dozorca (pl) m, dozorczyni (pl) f, stróż (pl) m, stróżka (pl) f
- Portuguese: porteiro (pt) m, porteira (pt) f
- Romanian: portar (ro) m, portăreasă (ro) f
- Russian: швейца́р (ru) m (švejcár), портье́ (ru) m (portʹjé), привра́тник (ru) m (privrátnik), консье́рж (ru) m (konsʹjérž), консье́ржка (ru) f (konsʹjéržka)
- Spanish: portero (es) m, portera f
- Swahili: bawabu (sw)
- Swedish: portvakt (sv) c, dörrvakt (sv) c
- Telugu: ద్వారపాలకుడు (te) (dvārapālakuḍu)
- Tocharian B: ? wamer, plaktukäñña (female)
- Ukrainian: швейца́р m (švejcár), швейца́рка f (švejcárka), консьє́рж m (konsʹjérž), консьє́ржка f (konsʹjéržka)
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