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 (sk) m , domovníčka f , domáci (sk) m , domáca f
Spanish: conserje (es) m , bedel (es) m , janitor m ( Greater United States ) , jánitor m or f ( United State ) , yánitor c ( United States ) , aseador m
Swedish: vaktmästare (sv)
Tagalog: tagalinis
Ukrainian: двірни́к m ( dvirnýk )
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 )
Translations to be checked