Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles (the term caretaker is also used in Hong Kong, particularly in ESF and independent British schools).
One who cleans and maintains a garden
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Origin
- Latinianitor“doorkeeper”
- Englishjanitor
From Latin ianitor (“doorkeeper”).
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Arabic بَوَّاب
- بَوَّاب (bawwāb)2. doorman
Bulgarian разси́лен, портие́р
- разси́лен (razsílen)1. caretaker
- портие́р (portiér)2. doorman
- портие́рка (portiérka)2. doorman
Catalan bidell
- bidell1. caretaker
Chinese Mandarin 管理人, 清潔工 /清洁工
- 管理人 (guǎnlǐrén)1. caretaker
- 清潔工 /清洁工 (qīngjiégōng)1. caretaker
- 保潔員 /保洁员 (bǎojiéyuán)1. caretaker
- 保潔 /保洁 (bǎojié)1. caretaker
- 看門人 /看门人 (kānménrén)2. doorman
- 門房 /门房 (ménfáng)2. doorman
Czech domovník, domácí
- domovník1. caretaker
- domácí1. caretaker
- domovnice1. caretaker
- vrátný2. doorman
- vrátná2. doorman
- dveřník2. doorman
- portýr2. doorman
Danish varmemester, vicevært
- varmemester1. caretaker
- vicevært1. caretaker
- pedel1. caretaker
- portner2. doorman
Dutch conciërge, portier
- conciërge1. caretaker
- portier2. doorman
Finnish huoltomies, talonmies
- huoltomies1. caretaker
- talonmies1. caretaker
- siivooja1. caretaker
- talkkari1. caretaker
- vahtimestari2. doorman
- ovimies2. doorman
- ovenvartija2. doorman
- portieeri2. doorman
- portsari2. doorman
French concierge, portier
- concierge1. caretaker
- portier2. doorman
- portière2. doorman
German Hausmeister, Hausmeisterin
- Hausmeister1. caretaker
- Hausmeisterin1. caretaker
- Hauswartin1. caretaker
- Hauswart1. caretaker
- Pförtner2. doorman
- Pförtnerin2. doorman
Hungarian házfelügyelő, gondnok
- házfelügyelő1. caretaker
- gondnok1. caretaker
- portás2. doorman
- kapus2. doorman
Indonesian marbut, pesuruh
- marbut1. caretaker
- pesuruh1. caretaker
Irish doirseoir
- doirseoir2. doorman
Italian bidello
- bidello1. caretaker
Japanese 管理人, 用務員
- 管理人 (kanri-nin)1. caretaker
- 用務員 (yōmu-in)1. caretaker
- 校務員 (kōmu-in)1. caretaker
- 玄関番 (genkanban)2. doorman
- ドアマン (doaman)2. doorman
Korean 관리인, 문지기
- 관리인 (gwalliin)1. caretaker
- 문지기 (munjigi)2. doorman
- 도어맨 (do'eomaen)2. doorman
Persian دربان
- دربان (darbân)2. doorman
Polish woźny, woźna
- woźny1. caretaker
- woźna1. caretaker
- portier2. doorman
- portierka2. doorman
- odźwierny2. doorman
Portuguese zelador, porteiro
- zelador1. caretaker
- porteiro2. doorman
Romanian om de serviciu, păzitor
- om de serviciu1. caretaker
- păzitor1. caretaker
- gardian1. caretaker
- portar2. doorman
Russian дво́рник, швейца́р
- дво́рник (dvórnik)1. caretaker
- швейца́р (švejcár)2. doorman
- портье́ (portʹjé)2. doorman
- консье́рж (konsʹjérž)2. doorman
- вахтёр (vaxtjór)2. doorman
- вахтёрша (vaxtjórša)2. doorman
- привра́тник (privrátnik)2. doorman
Slovak správca, správkyňa
- správca1. caretaker
- správkyňa1. caretaker
- domovník1. caretaker
- domovníčka1. caretaker
- domáci1. caretaker
- domáca1. caretaker
- vrátnik2. doorman
- vrátnička2. doorman
Spanish conserje, bedel
- conserje1. caretaker
- bedel1. caretaker
- janitor1. caretaker
- U.S.: jánitor1. caretaker
- yánitor1. caretaker
Swedish vaktmästare, städare
- vaktmästare1. caretaker
- städare1. caretaker
- lokalvårdare1. caretaker
- vicevärd1. caretaker
- vaktmästare2. doorman
- dörrvakt2. doorman
- entrévärd2. doorman
Tagalog tagalinis, dyanitor
- tagalinis1. caretaker
- dyanitor1. caretaker
Turkish hademe, hizmetli
- hademe1. caretaker
- hizmetli1. caretaker
Ukrainian двірни́к, швейца́р
- двірни́к (dvirnýk)1. caretaker
- швейца́р (švejcár)2. doorman
- консьє́рж (konsʹjérž)2. doorman
- вахте́р (vaxtér)2. doorman
- вахте́рка (vaxtérka)2. doorman
- портьє́ (portʹjé)2. doorman
Cite this entry
APA
janitor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/janitor
MLA
“janitor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/janitor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “janitor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/janitor.
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