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doorman

doorman

English

Noun

doorman ‎(plural doormen)

A man who holds open the door at the 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

Related terms

Translations

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

Arabic: بَوَّاب m ‎(bawwāb)
Armenian: դռնապան (hy) ‎(dṙnapan), շվեյցար (hy) ‎(šveycʿar), բարապան (hy) ‎(barapan)
Basque: atezain (eu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 看門人 (zh), 看门人 (zh) ‎(kānménrén), 門房 (zh)
Crimean Tatar: qapıcı
Czech: dveřník m, portýr (cs) m
Danish: dørmand c
Finnish: ovimies (fi), eteisvahtimestari
French: portier (fr) m
German: Pförtner (de) m
Greek: πορτιέρης (el) m ‎(portiéris), θυρωρός (el) m ‎(thyrorós)

Hebrew: שוער (he) m ‎(sho'er)
Ido: pordisto (io)
Irish: doirseoir m
Italian: buttafuori (it) m
Japanese: ドアマン ‎(doaman)
Latin: ostiarius m
Macedonian: портир m ‎(pórtir), вратар m ‎(vrátar)
Persian: دربان (fa) ‎(darbân)
Portuguese: porteiro (pt) m
Russian: швейца́р (ru) m ‎(švejcár), портье́ (ru) m ‎(portʹjé), привра́тник (ru) m ‎(privrátnik)
Spanish: portero (es) m

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