caretaker

English

Etymology

From care +‎ taker.

Pronunciation

(United States) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹ.ˌteɪ.kɚ/
(United Kingdom) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛə.ˌteɪ.kə/

Noun

caretaker (plural caretakers)

Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after somewhere, or with responsibility for keeping a place in good repair.
Someone who takes care of a person; a parent, carer or other guardian.

Synonyms

concierge (British)
janitor

Translations

One who takes care of a place or thing.

Arabic: مُحَافِظ‎‎ m (muḥāfiẓ)
Azerbaijani: mühafiz
Catalan: conserge m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 管理人 (zh) (guǎnlǐrén)
Danish: vicevært (da) c
Finnish: huoltomies (fi), hoitaja (fi), talonmies (fi)
French: concierge (fr) m, f, gardien (fr) m, gardienne (fr) f
German: Hausmeister (de) m
Greek: επιστάτης (el) m (epistátis)
Irish: airíoch m, feighlí m

Italian: portinaio (it) m, caposcala m
Macedonian: домар m (dómar), настојник m (nástojnik)
Navajo: yaaʼáhályání
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vaktmester (no) m

Nynorsk: vaktmeister m
Polish: dozorca (pl) m, dozorczyni f
Romanian: portar (ro) m, gardian (ro) m, paznic (ro) m
Russian: смотри́тель (ru) m (smotrítelʹ), смотри́тельница (ru) f (smotrítelʹnica), сто́рож (ru) m (stórož)
Spanish: conserje (es) m, f, portero (es) m
Swedish: vaktmästare (sv)

One who takes care of a person.

Chamorro: a'adahi
Chinese:
Mandarin: 護工, 护工 (hùgōng)
Dutch: voogd (nl) m
Finnish: huoltaja (fi), hoitaja (fi)
French: gardien (fr) m, gardienne (fr) f
German: Pfleger (de) m, Pflegerin f

Greek: κηδεμόνας (el) m, f (kidemónas)
Irish: airíoch m, feighlí m, bean faire f, fear faire m, cúramóir m
Italian: badante (it)
Macedonian: старател m (stáratel)
Romanian: îngrijitor (ro) m, îngrijitoare (ro) f
Russian: сиде́лка (ru) f (sidélka), ня́ня (ru) f (njánja), ня́нька (ru) f (njánʹka), медсестра́ (ru) f (medsestrá)

Adjective

caretaker (not comparable)

(chiefly Britain) Temporary, on a short term basis.
Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final.

Synonyms

interim (US)

Translations

temporary, on a short term basis

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: väliaikainen (fi), virkaa tekevä
French: gardien (fr)

Irish: sealadach
Maori: kaitiaki
Romanian: interimar (ro)
Russian: please add this translation if you can

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