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con⋅cierge
[kon-see-airzh; Fr. kawn-syerzh] 
siˈɛərʒ
–noun, plural -cierges [-see-air-zhiz; Fr. -syerzh] .
[-see-air-zhiz; Fr. -syerzh] . | 1. | (esp. in France) a person who has charge of the entrance of a building and is often the owner's representative; doorkeeper. |
| 2. | a member of a hotel staff in charge of special services for guests, as arranging for theater tickets or tours. |
| 3. | an employee stationed in an apartment house lobby who screens visitors, controls operation of elevators, accepts deliveries to the tenants, etc. |
| 4. | a janitor. |
| 5. | Obsolete. a custodian or warden. |
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| con·cierge (kôɴ-syârzh') n.
[French, from Old French cumcerges, from Vulgar Latin *cōnservius, alteration of Latin cōnservus, fellow slave : com-, com- + servus, slave.] |
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Concierge
Con`cierge"\, n. [F.] One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : concierge
Spanish:
conserje, bedel,
German:
der Verwalter,
Japanese:
管理人
concierge
1646, from Fr., probably from V.L. *conservius, from L. conservus "fellow slave," from com- "with" + servius "slave."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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