concierge
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thumb|300px|A hotel concierge A concierge () is an employee of a multi-tenant building, such as a hotel or apartment building, who receives and helps guests. The concept has been applied more generally to other hospitality settings and to personal concierges who manage the errands of private clients.
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- Concierges
- female form of label
- portirka
- male form of label
- portir
- ISCO-08 occupation class
- 9621
- ISCO-88 occupation class
- 9151
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- Etymology
- Duties and functions
- In history
- In apartment or office buildings
- In hotels
- In hospitals
- Personal concierge
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thumb|300px|A hotel concierge A concierge () is an employee of a multi-tenant building, such as a hotel or apartment building, who receives and helps guests. The concept has been applied more generally to other hospitality settings and to personal concierges who manage the errands of private clients.
==Etymology== The French word concierge is likely derived from the Old French cumcerges, itself related to the Medieval Latin consergius or the Latin conservus ("fellow servant or slave").