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concierge

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9
Pronunciation
/ˌkɒnsɪˈɛːʒ/
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/ˌkɒnsɪˈɛːʒ/ · [-ˈɛə̯ʒ] · /ˌkɑnsɪˈɛɹʒ/

Definition of concierge

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An employee of a hotel who attends to the requirements and wishes of guests.
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noun

  1. An employee of a hotel who attends to the requirements and wishes of guests.
  2. (attributive, broadly)An employee of a hotel who attends to the requirements and wishes of guests.
    “concierge banking (that is, private banking)    concierge medicine    concierge service”
  3. A nurse who provides support during fertility treatment.
  4. (US, often)One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.
    “Underground parking, private storage and daily housekeeping are offered as well, and the club's concierge can assist with prearrival grocery shopping, spa reservations, dinner plans and golf tee times.”
    “Everyday life is increasingly unaffordable for most New Yorkers, but a new class of private, members-only and concierge services is emerging as a kind of gated community within the city.”
  5. (obsolete)A senior official in charge of a fortress, palace, etc.; also, a custodian of a house; a warden of a prison.
  6. (obsolete)Synonym of conciergerie (“the office of a concierge; also, the lodge or residence of a concierge”).

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Etymology

Borrowed from French concierge (“caretaker; doorkeeper; lodge-keeper of a château”), from Old French conciarge, consierge, consirge, from Medieval Latin consergius; further etymology uncertain, probably from Vulgar Latin *cōnservius, from Latin…

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Borrowed from French concierge (“caretaker; doorkeeper; lodge-keeper of a château”), from Old French conciarge, consierge, consirge, from Medieval Latin consergius; further etymology uncertain, probably from Vulgar Latin *cōnservius, from Latin cōnservus (“fellow servant; fellow slave”), from con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”)) + servus (“servant; slave”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to guard; to take care of”) + *-wós (suffix forming adjectives from verb stems)).

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