doorman

English

Etymology

From door +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mən

Noun

doorman (plural doormen)

A person who holds open the door at the entryway (entrance) to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.

Synonyms

doorkeeper

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building

Arabic: بَوَّاب m (bawwāb), حَاجِب m (ḥājib)
Armenian: դռնապան (hy) (dṙnapan), շվեյցար (hy) (šveycʻar), բարապան (hy) (barapan)
Basque: atezain (eu)
Belarusian: адзве́рнік m (adzvjérnik), прыдзве́рнік m (prydzvjérnik), парцье́ m (parcʹjé), швейца́р m (švjejcár), кансье́рж m (kansʹjérž)
Bulgarian: портие́р (bg) m (portiér)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 看門人／看门人 (zh) (kānménrén), 門房／门房 (zh) (ménfáng)
Crimean Tatar: qapıcı
Czech: dveřník (cs) m, portýr (cs) m
Danish: dørmand c
Finnish: ovimies (fi), eteisvahtimestari (fi)
French: portier (fr) m
Galician: porteiro (gl) m
Georgian: შვეიცარი (šveicari)
German: Pförtner (de) m
Greek: πορτιέρης (el) m (portiéris), θυρωρός (el) m (thyrorós)
Hebrew: שׁוֹעֵר (he) m (sho'ér)
Hungarian: ajtónálló (hu), portás (hu), osztiárius
Ido: pordisto (io)
Irish: doirseoir m
Italian: buttafuori (it) m
Japanese: ドアマン (doaman), 玄関番 (げんかんばん, genkanban)
Korean: 도어맨 (do'eomaen), 문지기 (ko) (munjigi)
Latin: ostiārius m
Macedonian: портир m (portir), вратар m (vratar)
Ottoman Turkish: پرده‌جی (perdeci)
Persian: دربان (fa) (darbân)
Polish: portier (pl) m, odźwierny (pl) m
Portuguese: porteiro (pt) m
Romanian: portar (ro) m
Russian: швейца́р (ru) m (švejcár), портье́ (ru) m (portʹjé), привра́тник (ru) m (privrátnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вра̀та̄р m, по̀ртӣр m

Roman: vràtār (sh) m, pòrtīr (sh) m
Slovak: vrátnik m
Slovene: vratar (sl) m
Spanish: portero (es) m
Swahili: bawabu (sw)
Turkish: kapıcı (tr)
Ukrainian: швейца́р m (švejcár), портьє́ m (portʹjé), консьє́рж m (konsʹjérž), консьє́ржка f (konsʹjéržka)

Anagrams

madrono, madroño, mandoor

Spanish

Noun

doorman m (plural doormans)

doorman

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