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==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|attendaunt||obsolete}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|attendant}}, {{m|enm|attendaunt}}, from {{der|en|fro|attendant}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/əˈtɛndənt/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-attendant.ogg|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# One who [[attends]]; one who [[work]]s with or [[watch over|watches over]] someone or something.
#: {{syn|en|attender}}
#: {{ux|en|Give your keys to the parking '''attendants''' and they will park your car for you.}}
# A [[servant]] or [[valet]].
# {{lb|en|mostly|archaic}} A [[visitor]] or [[caller]]; one who [[attend]]s {{gloss|is present at or regularly goes to}} some event or place.
#* {{quote-book|en|chapter=Appendix|title=Address of [[w:Benjamin Hallowell (educator)|Benjamin Hallowell]], (of Alexandria, Virginia,) at the Meeting of the Agricultural Society of Montgomery County, Md., Held at Rockville, Montgomery Co., September 9, 1852|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher={{...|Printed at}} [T]he Congressional Globe Office|year=1852|page=16|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/addressofbenjami00hall/page/16/mode/1up|column=2|passage=The most remarkable of all the '''attendants''' of the exhibition at the grove near Rockville, was the grace and loveliness of the young beauties, who, mingling with the crowd of farmers, were all intent and gazing upon the stock and other agricultural products, unconscious that they were themselves ‘the observed of all observers;’ {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=William S[mith] Pelletreau|title=A History of Long island from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time|volume=III|location=New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.|publisher=[[w:Edward Gardner Lewis|The Lewis Publishing Company]]|year=1903|page=129|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/historylongisla00rossgoog/page/n220/mode/1up|column=2|passage=In early life our subject was an '''attendant''' of Public School No. 17 in Brooklyn, and after fitting himself for business he engaged in various occupations in New York city up to the year 1889, at which time he removed to the town of Hempstead, and during the succeeding six years followed fanning as an occupation.}}
# That which accompanies or follows.
# {{lb|en|legal}} One who owes a duty or service to another.

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|attendantly|nonattendant|unattendant
|car attendant
|cloakroom attendant
|flight attendant
|meter attendant
|parking attendant
|pump attendant
|school crossing attendant
|traditional birth attendant
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|one who attends}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|спътник}}, {{t|bg|съпроводител}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|服务员}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|avustaja}}, {{t+|fi|apulainen}}, {{t+|fi|valvoja}}, {{t+|fi|vartija}}, {{t+|fi|vahti}}, {{t+|fi|virkailija}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|asistente|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Begleiter|m}}, {{t+|de|Begleiterin|f}}, {{t+|de|Bewacher|m}}, {{t+|de|Bewacherin|f}}, {{t+|de|Wächter|m}}, {{t+|de|Wächterin|f}}, {{t+|de|Aufpasser|m}}, {{t+|de|Aufpasserin|f}}, {{t+|de|Aufseher|m}} {{t+|de|Aufseherin|f}}, {{t+|de|Wärter|m}}, {{t+|de|Wärterin|f}}, {{t|de|Begleitperson|f}}, {{t+|de|Aufsichtsperson|f}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀμφίπολος|m|f}}
*: Mycenaean: {{t|gmy|𐀀𐀠𐀦𐀫}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|alkalmazott}}, {{t+|hu|kiszolgáló}}, {{t+|hu|felügyelő}}, {{t+|hu|őr}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|helpanto}}, {{t+|io|helpero}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|assistente}}
* Latin: {{t|la|pedisequus|m}}, {{t|la|pedisequa|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|слу́жбеник|m}}, {{t|mk|чи́новник|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kaitaurima}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|assistente|m|f}}, {{t+|pt|atendedor|m}}, {{t|pt|atendedora|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|слу́жащий|m}}, {{t+|ru|слу́жащая|f}}, {{t+|ru|служи́тель|m}}, {{t+|ru|служи́тельница|f}}, {{t+|ru|чино́вник|m}}, {{t+|ru|чино́вница|f}}, {{t+|ru|спу́тник|m}}, {{t+|ru|спу́тница|f}}, {{t+|ru|сопровожда́ющий|m}}, {{t|ru|сопровожда́ющая|f}}, {{t|ru|сопровожда́ющее лицо́|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|neach-frithealaidh|m|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|asistente|m|f}}, {{t+|es|guarda|f}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|བྲན་གཡོག}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|обслуговуюча особа}}, {{t|uk|служитель}}
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{{trans-top|sales attendant}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vendeur|m}}, {{t+|fr|vendeuse|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|eladó}}, {{t+|hu|eladónő}} {{q|female}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|addetto}}, {{t+|it|inserviente}}
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{{trans-top|servant, valet, domestic worker}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|прислужник|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|仆人|tr=púrén}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|palvelija}}, {{t+|fi|lakeija}}
* German: {{t+|de|Diener|m}}, {{t+|de|Dienerin|f}}, {{t+|de|Lakai|m}}, {{t+|de|Lakaiin|f}} {{q|hypothetical for [[livriert]]e [[Dienerin]]; cf. [[Lakaiin]] and [[Päpstin]]}}, {{t+|de|Kammerdiener|m}}, {{t+|de|Kammerdienerin|f}}, {{t+|de|Zofe|f}}, {{t+|de|Bediensteter|m}}, {{t+|de|Bedienstete|f}}, {{t|de|Bediener|m}}, {{t+|de|Bedienerin|f}}, {{t+|de|Dienstbote|m}}, {{t+|de|Dienstbotin|f}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ὑπηρέτης|m}}, {{t|grc|θερᾰ́πων|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szolga}}, {{t+|hu|lakáj}}, {{t+|hu|komornyik}}, {{t+|hu|szobalány}}, {{t+|hu|cseléd}}, {{t+|hu|inas}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|eachlach|m|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|servitore}}, {{t+|it|domestico}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hāwini}}, {{t|mi|wheteke}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|serjaunt}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|visitor, visitant, patron, attendee, attender}}
* German: {{t+|de|Besucher|m}}, {{t+|de|Besucherin|f}}, {{t+|de|Gast|m}}, {{t+|de|Gästin|f}} {{q|rare}}, {{t+|de|Kunde|m}}, {{t+|de|Kundin|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|látogató}}, {{t+|hu|résztvevő}}, {{t+|hu|vendég}}, {{t+|hu|ügyfél}}, {{t+|hu|vevő}}, {{t+|hu|kuncsaft}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|partecipante}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|посетител|m}}, {{t|mk|посетителка|f}}
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===Adjective===
{{en-adj|?}}

# Going with; [[associated]]; [[concomitant]].
#: {{ux|en|They promoted him to supervisor, with all the '''attendant''' responsibilities and privileges.}}
#* {{RQ:Scott Peveril of the Peak|passage=The natural melancholy '''attendant''' upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=24 Aug 85|volume=13|number=7|journal=Gay Community News|page=11|author=Michael Bronski|title=Titles of Interest from the Mainstream Press|text=Both Carey Schofield's ''Jagger'' and Chet Flippo's ''On the Road with the Rolling Stones: Twenty Years of Lipstick, Handcuffs and Chemicals'' are glib, gonzo journalism about the world's favorite musical sex purveyors. Both avoid much mention of the homosexuality which has always been '''attendant''' to the group.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=European Court of Human Rights| title=Hristozov and others v. Bulgaria| section=marginal 120| issue=47039/11 358/12| date=13-11-2012| url=http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-114492| passage=The applicants […] seek to argue that because of the dire prognosis attaching to their medical condition, they should have been allowed to assume the risks '''attendant''' on a potentially life‑saving experimental product.}}
# {{lb|en|law}} Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
#: {{co|en|the widow '''attendant''' to the heir}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1528|author=John Perkins|title=Profitable Booke|passage=The tenant in dower{{...}}shall be '''attendant''' unto them by the rate and portion of the rent.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|going with; associated; concomitant}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|придружаващ}}, {{t+|bg|свързан}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|asianmukainen}}, {{t|fi|[[siihen]] [[kuuluva]]}}, {{t+|fi|liittyvä}}
* German: {{t+|de|zugehörig}}, {{t+|de|anwesend}}, {{t+|de|begleitend}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[vele]]/[[azzal]] [[járó]]/[[kapcsolatos]]}}, {{t|hu|[[hozzá]]/[[ahhoz]] [[tartozó]]/[[kapcsolódó]]}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|associat|m}}, {{t+|oc|concomitant|m}}, {{t+|oc|inerent|m}}, {{t|oc|indissociable}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inerente}}, {{t+|pt|respectivo|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сопу́тствующий}} {{qualifier|accompanying}}, {{t+|ru|сопровожда́ющий}} {{qualifier|accompanying}}, {{t+|ru|свя́занный}} {{qualifier|related}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|concomitante}}, {{t+|es|inherente}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|супровідний}}
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{{trans-top|depending on; owing duty or service to}}
* German: {{t+|de|abhängig}}, {{t+|de|verpflichtet}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|part and parcel}}

{{C|en|People}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-attendant.wav}}

===Participle===
{{head|fr|present participle}}

# {{present participle of|fr|attendre}}
#: {{ux|fr|En '''attendant''' Patrick, j'ai croisé David.|While '''waiting for''' Patrick, I ran into David.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|en attendant}}
* {{l|fr|en attendant que}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Latin==

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|attendant}}

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|la|attendō||3|p|pres|actv|subj}}