attendant

== English == === Alternative forms === attendaunt (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant. By surface analysis, attend +‎ -ant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈtɛndənt/ === Noun === attendant (plural attendants) One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something. Synonym: attender A servant or valet. (chiefly archaic) A visitor or caller; one who attends (is present at or regularly goes to) some event or place. That which accompanies or follows. (law) One who owes a duty or service to another. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === attendant Going with; associated; concomitant. (law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to. ==== Translations ==== === See also === part and parcel == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ === Participle === attendant present participle of attendre ==== Derived terms ==== en attendant en attendant que === Further reading === “attendant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [atˈtɛn.dant] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [atˈtɛn.dant] === Verb === attendant third-person plural present active subjunctive of attendō == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English attendant. === Noun === attendant m or f by sense (plural attendants) attendant ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “attendant”, in Tesoro lexicográfico del español de Puerto Rico [Lexicographic Treasure of the Spanish of Puerto Rico] (in Spanish), Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua Española [Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Tongue], 2016