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Compound of door + keeper .
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. [1] :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.
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 )