单词 | concierge |
释义 | concierge[ kon-see-airzh; French kawn-syerzh ] / ˌkɒn siˈɛərʒ; French kɔ̃ˈsyɛrʒ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR concierge ON THESAURUS.COM 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. adjectivepertaining to or being medical care for which the patient pays the doctor an annual fee for special or extra services: concierge medicine;concierge physicians. Origin of conciergeFirst recorded in 1640–50; from French; Old French cumserges; further origin uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin conservius (unattested) “fellow slave,” from Latin conservus; see con-, serve Words nearby conciergeconchoid, conchoidal, conchology, Conchos, conchy, concierge, conciliar, conciliate, conciliation, conciliator, conciliatory Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for conciergeBritish Dictionary definitions for conciergeconcierge / (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 conciergeC17: from French, ultimately from Latin conservus, from servus slave Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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