bellboy

See also: bell boy

English

Etymology

From bell +‎ boy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlˌbɔɪ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

bellboy (plural bellboys)

1. A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands.

Synonyms

• bellhop, bellman

Translations

A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands

Catalan: grum (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 服務生／服务生 (zh) (fúwùshēng) Danish: piccolo c Esperanto: grumo (eo) m or c Finnish: hotellipoika, pikkolo (fi) French: chasseur (fr) m German: Hotelpage (de) m Greek: γκρουμ (el) m (gkroum) Italian: boy (it) m, fattorino (it) m, facchino (it) m Japanese: ベルボーイ (berubōi) Korean: 사환 (ko) (sahwan) Macedonian: портир m (portir) Polish: boy (pl) m Portuguese: carregador (pt) m Romanian: boy (ro) m, băiat de serviciu m Russian: коридо́рный (ru) m (koridórnyj), посы́льный (ru) m (posýlʹnyj) Serbo-Croatian: потрчко m, potrčko (sh) m Spanish: botones (es) Swedish: piccolo (sv)

See also

• bell captain
• bellgirl