concierge

[ kon-see-airzh; French kawn-syerzh ]

/ ˌkɒn siˈɛərʒ; French kɔ̃ˈsyɛrʒ /

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noun, plural con·cierges [-see-air-zhiz; French -syerzh] /-siˈɛər ʒɪz; French -ˈsyɛrʒ/

(especially in France) a person who has charge of the entrance of a building and is often the owner's representative; doorkeeper.

a member of a hotel staff in charge of special services for guests, as arranging for theater tickets or tours.

an employee stationed in an apartment house lobby who screens visitors, controls operation of elevators, accepts deliveries to the tenants, etc.

a janitor.

Obsolete. a custodian or warden.

adjective

pertaining to or being medical care for which the patient pays the doctor an annual fee for special or extra services: concierge medicine; concierge physicians.

RELATED WORDS

attendant, doorman, janitor, porter

Nearby words

Origin of concierge

1640–50; < French; Old French cumserges < Latin con- con- + serviēns present participle of servīre to serve

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It works like a telepathic Internet concierge, hoping to send you along to the most relevant results on the Web.
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And ask almost anyone who has lived in a Paris apartment about her concierge!
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I arrived there and asked the concierge for Madame de Belleval.
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Arrived at the house of the clairvoyante, she asked at the concierge for Mademoiselle Trompere.
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Just then there was a knock on the door and the concierge's little son entered, bringing a stack of mail.
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I spoke to the concierge again, and he swore again that they were all in.
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British Dictionary definitions for concierge

concierge

/ (ˌkɒnsɪˈɛəʒ, French kɔ̃sjɛrʒ) /

noun

(esp in France) a caretaker of a block of flats, hotel, etc, esp one who lives on the premises

Word Origin for concierge

C17: from French, ultimately from Latin conservus, from servus slave

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Word Origin and History for concierge

concierge

1640s, from French concierge "caretaker, doorkeeper, porter" (12c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *conservius, from Latin conservus "fellow slave," from com- "with" (see com-) + servius "slave" (see serve (v.)).