attendant

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /əˈtɛndənt/ UK /əˈtɛndənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who attends or serves; accompanying as a consequence

A parking attendant guided the cars into the lot.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who attends or... servant helper aide steward escort accompanying concomitant attending

Word family

Related forms attend attendance attender tend

Etymology

From Old French atendant, present participle of atendre ('to wait, attend'), from Latin attendere ('to give heed to'), from ad- ('to') + tendere ('to stretch').

attendere Latin tendere Latin *ten- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# attendant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈtɛndənt/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈtɛndənt/

## Meanings
1. a person who attends or serves; accompanying as a consequence

## Examples
- A parking attendant guided the cars into the lot.

## Synonyms
- servant
- helper
- aide
- steward
- escort
- accompanying
- concomitant
- attending

## Related Forms
- attend
- attendance
- attender
- tend

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: attendere
- Root: tendere
- Root: *ten-

## Etymology
From Old French atendant, present participle of atendre ('to wait, attend'), from Latin attendere ('to give heed to'), from ad- ('to') + tendere ('to stretch').

## AI Etymology
Attendant is from Old French atendant, present participle of atendre ('to wait, attend'), from Latin attendere ('to give heed to'), from ad- ('to') + tendere ('to stretch'). Important recorded forms include attendere (Latin), tendere (Latin), and *ten- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person who attends or serves; accompanying as a consequence. The wider family includes related words such as attend, attendance, attender, and tend.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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