bidello

Meaning

caretaker, janitor

Concepts

janitor

caretaker

porter

concierge

dvornik

Synonyms

portinaio

portiere

bidella

custode

usciere

personale ausiliario

amministratore di una casa

Translations

bedel

concierge

conserje

appariteur

porteiro

Hausmeister

Pedell

Schulwart

balayeur

Hausmeisterin

Hauswartin

Abwart

gardien

💂

Pförtner

Hyphenated as

bi‧dèl‧lo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/biˈdɛl.lo/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French bedel (“policeman”), from Frankish *bidil (“candidate, volunteer”), from Proto-Germanic *bidilaz (“seeker”), from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask, beseech”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ- (“to command”), merging with Frankish *budil (“messenger of justice”), from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“herald”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to present, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to comprehend, make aware”). Akin to Old High German bitil (“candidate”), Old High German bittan (“to ask”), Old High German butil (“beadle”) (whence German Büttel), Old English bydel (“apparitor, messenger, beadle”), Old English bēodan (“to announce”). More at beadle, bid.