concierge

[ kon-see-airzh; French kawn-syerzh ]

noun

, plural con·cierges [-see-, air, -zhiz, -, syerzh]

1. (especially in France) a person who has charge of the entrance of a building and is often the owner's representative; doorkeeper.
2. a member of a hotel staff in charge of special services for guests, as arranging for theater tickets or tours.
3. an employee stationed in an apartment house lobby who screens visitors, controls operation of elevators, accepts deliveries to the tenants, etc.
4. a janitor.
5. Obsolete. a custodian or warden.

adjective

1. pertaining to or being medical care for which the patient pays the doctor an annual fee for special or extra services:

   concierge medicine;

   concierge physicians.

concierge

/ ˌkɒnsɪˈɛəʒ; kɔ̃sjɛrʒ /

noun

1. (esp in France) a caretaker of a block of flats, hotel, etc, esp one who lives on the premises

Word History and Origins

Origin of concierge¹

First recorded in 1640–50; from French; Old French cumserges; further origin uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin conservius (unattested) “fellow slave,” from Latin conservus; con-, serve

Word History and Origins

Origin of concierge¹

C17: from French, ultimately from Latin conservus, from servus slave

Example Sentences

Among the internal startups that didn’t pan out was Jetblack, a concierge service targeting wealthy city dwellers.

From Vox

It also launched curbside pickup and an online concierge service, as well as a weekly virtual shopping event called Fred Segal Live.

From Digiday

A pleasant chat with the concierge is all that approximates the usual crude check-in process at a larger hotel.

From Washington Blade

Under Recovery in a Box, the Aetna care manager would digitally message a care concierge or pharmacist at the patient’s neighborhood HealthHUB to arrange transportation to home from the hospital.

From Fortune

Upon arrival in a new place, the traveler might continue outside to pick up a touchless car rental, then chat with the virtual concierge at a nearby hotel.

From Washington Post

This was the case with M. Picard, the concierge at 21 rue La Boétie, who had worked there since 1931.

From The Daily Beast

Amiigo feeds the data, but opens up a whole new opportunity for concierge gym services.

From The Daily Beast

Have you ever had a bizarre experience with a hotel concierge?

From The Daily Beast

Our concierge and his wife walked among them, with their black poodle, keeping order; some couples were waltzing on the sidewalk.

From The Daily Beast

Set at a hotel in the 1920s, it stars Ralph Fiennes as Gustave H., famed concierge of The Grand Budapest Hotel.

From The Daily Beast

At night, after ten, your concierge opens the heavy iron gate of your court by pulling a cord within reach of the family bed.

From Project Gutenberg

By the light of the torches which the concierge carried, they distinguished Tavannes and the two Ruggieri.

From Project Gutenberg

Our tickets, which we bought of the concierge at the Hotel B., entitle us to a drive or a railway journey.

From Project Gutenberg

The concierge said he was in the courtyard and la Tour found him engaged in a singular business.

From Project Gutenberg

If you want to have your telephone through the concierge's loge, the telephone service is charged on your quarterly rent bill.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• attendant
• doorman
• janitor