innkeeper

English

Etymology

From Middle English inkeper; equivalent to inn +‎ keeper. Compare Middle English inholder (“innkeeper”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnkiːpəɹ/

Noun

innkeeper (plural innkeepers)

The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.
Synonyms: (archaic) taverner, tavernkeeper

Derived terms

Translations

person responsible for the running of an inn

Armenian: պանդոկապետ (hy) (pandokapet)
Azerbaijani: meyxanaçı, mehmanxanaçı
Belarusian: карчма́р m (karčmár), карчма́рка f (karčmárka)
Bulgarian: ханджи́я m (handžíja), ханджи́йка f (handžíjka)
Catalan: fondista m or f, hostaler (ca) m, hostalera (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 客棧老闆／客栈老板 (kèzhàn lǎobǎn)
Czech: hostinský (cs) m, hostinská f, hospodský m, hospodská f
Dutch: waard (nl) m, herbergier (nl) m
Finnish: majatalon isäntä
French: tavernier (fr) m, hôtelier (fr) m, aubergiste (fr) m
German: Gastwirt (de) m, Gastwirtin (de) f, Wirt (de) m, Wirtin (de) f, Krüger (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: πανδοκεύς m (pandokeús), πανδοκεύτρια f (pandokeútria)
Hungarian: fogadós (hu)
Ido: albergestro (io)
Irish: óstóir m
Italian: locandiere (it) m, locandiera f, oste (it) m, ostessa (it) f, taverniere (it) m, taverniera f, tavernaio m, tavernaia f
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خانچی‎ (xançî)
Latin: caupō m
Low German: Kröger m
Macedonian: гостилничар m (gostilničar), гостилничарка f (gostilničarka), меанџија m (meandžija), меанџика f (meandžika)
Mòcheno: birt m
Ottoman Turkish: میخانهجی‎ (meyhaneci)
Persian: مسافرخانهچی‎ (mosâfer-xâneči)
Polish: karczmarz (pl) m, karczmarka (pl) f, oberżysta (pl) m, oberżystka f, austernik m (archaic), szynkarz m
Portuguese: estalajadeiro m
Romanian: hangiu (ro) m, hangiță (ro) f
Russian: тракти́рщик (ru) m (traktírščik), тракти́рщица (ru) f (traktírščica), корчма́рь (ru) m (korčmárʹ), корчма́рка (ru) f (korčmárka) (archaic)
Scottish Gaelic: òstair m, fear an taighe m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: kčmar m, kčmarka f, ugostitelj (sh) m, ugostiteljka f
Slovak: krčmár (sk) m, krčmárka f, hostinský (sk) m, hostinská (sk) f
Slovene: gostilničar m, gostilničarka f
Spanish: posadero (es) m, posadera f, ventero (es) m, ventera f
Swahili: mwenye nyumba ya wageni class 1/2
Thai: เจ้าสำนักโรงแรม (jâo-sǎm-nák roong-rɛɛm)
Turkish: hancı (tr), meyhaneci (tr)
Ukrainian: тракти́рник m (traktýrnyk), тракти́рниця f (traktýrnycja), корчма́р m (korčmár), корчма́рка f (korčmárka)
Vietnamese: chủ quán trọ
Welsh: tafarnwr m, tafarnwraig f, gwestywr m, gwestywraig f

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