From Latin ianitor (“doorkeeper”).
janitor (plural janitors) (female: janitress or janitrix (rare))
- (chiefly US) Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
- (Scotland, Hong Kong) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles.
- A doorman.
- (Internet slang, 4chan, sometimes derogatory) A moderator for a discussion forum.
caretaker
- Armenian: (cleaning) հավաքարար (hy) (havakʻarar)
- Belarusian: дво́рнiк m (dvórnik)
- Bulgarian: разси́лен (bg) m (razsílen)
- Catalan: bidell (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 管理人 (zh) (guǎnlǐrén) (caretaker, manager), 清潔工/清洁工 (zh) (qīngjiégōng) (cleaner)
- Czech: domovník (cs) m, domácí (cs) m or f, domovnice f
- Danish: varmemester c, vicevært (da), pedel (da)
- Dutch: conciërge (nl)
- Finnish: huoltomies (fi), talonmies (fi), siivooja (fi), (colloquial) talkkari (fi)
- French: concierge (fr) m or f
- Georgian: მეეზოვე (meezove)
- German: Hausmeister (de) m, Hausmeisterin (de) f, Hauswartin (de) f, Hauswart (de) m
- Hungarian: házfelügyelő (hu), gondnok (hu)
- Indonesian: marbut (id), pesuruh (id)
- Italian: bidello (it)
- Japanese: 管理人 (ja) (かんりにん, kanri-nin), 用務員 (ja) (ようむいん, yōmu-in), 校務員 (こうむいん, kōmu-in)
- Korean: 관리인(管理人) (ko) (gwalliin)
- Macedonian: до́мар m (dómar), слу́жител m (slúžitel), при́служник m (príslužnik)
- Maltese: purtinar m
- Polish: woźny (pl) m, woźna (pl) f
- Portuguese: zelador (pt) m
- Quechua: pichaq
- Romanian: om de serviciu m, păzitor (ro) m, gardian (ro) m
- Russian: дво́рник (ru) m (dvórnik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: до̀ма̄р m
- Roman: dòmār (sh) m
- Slovak: správca m, správkyňa f, domovník m, domovníčka f, domáci (sk) m, domáca f
- Spanish: conserje (es) m, bedel (es) m
- Swedish: vaktmästare (sv)
- Tagalog: tagalinis
- Ukrainian: двірни́к m (dvirnýk)
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doorman
- Arabic: بَوَّاب m (bawwāb)
- Armenian: դռնապան (hy) (dṙnapan)
- Belarusian: адзве́рнік m (adzvjérnik), прыдзве́рнік m (prydzvjérnik), парцье́ m (parcʹjé), швейца́р m (švjejcár), кансье́рж m (kansʹjérž), вахцёр m (vaxcjór), вахцёрка f (vaxcjórka)
- Bulgarian: портие́р (bg) m (portiér), портие́рка f (portiérka)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 看門人/看门人 (zh) (kānménrén), 門房/门房 (zh) (ménfáng)
- Czech: vrátný (cs) m, vrátná f, dveřník (cs) m, portýr (cs) m
- Danish: portner c
- Dutch: portier (nl)
- Finnish: vahtimestari (fi), ovimies (fi), ovenvartija, (dated) portieeri (fi), (colloquial) portsari (fi)
- French: portier (fr) m, portière (fr) f
- Georgian: შვეიცარი (šveicari), კარისკაცი (ḳarisḳaci), მეკარე (meḳare)
- German: Pförtner (de) m, Pförtnerin (de) f
- Hungarian: portás (hu), kapus (hu)
- Irish: doirseoir m
- Japanese: 玄関番 (げんかんばん, genkanban), ドアマン (doaman)
- Korean: 문지기 (ko) (munjigi), 도어맨 (do'eomaen)
- Macedonian: по́ртир m (pórtir), вра́тар m (vrátar)
- Persian: دربان (fa) (darbân)
- Polish: portier (pl) m, portierka (pl) f, odźwierny (pl) m
- Portuguese: porteiro (pt) m
- Romanian: portar (ro) m
- Russian: швейца́р (ru) m (švejcár), портье́ (ru) m (portʹjé), консье́рж (ru) m (konsʹjérž), вахтёр (ru) m (vaxtjór), вахтёрша (ru) f (vaxtjórša), привра́тник (ru) m (privrátnik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: вра̀та̄р m, по̀ртӣр m
- Roman: vràtār (sh) m, pòrtīr (sh) m
- Slovak: vrátnik m, vrátnička f
- Slovene: vratar (sl) m
- Spanish: portero (es) m, portera f
- Swedish: vaktmästare (sv) c
- Ukrainian: швейца́р m (švejcár), консьє́рж m (konsʹjérž), вахте́р (uk) m (vaxtér), вахте́рка (uk) f (vaxtérka), портьє́ m (portʹjé)
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