garçom

Meaning

1. (Brazil, masculine) waiter (a server in a restaurant or similar)
2. (Brazil, dated, masculine) boy, lad, young man

Concepts

waiter

waitress

server

barman

bartender

Synonyms

criado

garçonete

empregado de mesa

garçon

Garçom

Translations

Kellner

camarero

cameriere

serveur

kelner

cambrer

Ober

garçon

👦

cambrera

σερβιτόρος

garson

serveuse

mosso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡaʁˈsõ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: garçon

In summary

From French garçon (“waiter; boy”), from Middle French, from Old French garçun (“servant”, oblique case of gars), from Frankish *warkjon, wrakjon (“servant, boy”, oblique case of *warkjo, wrakjo), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”).