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room service

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The provision of food, drink, and other refreshments to a guest room.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

The department of a hotel that provides such a service.

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Usage: uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kamerdiens — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 客房服務 /客房服务 (kèfáng fúwù) — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • Finnish: huonepalvelu — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • French: room service — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • German: Zimmerservice — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • German: Zimmerdienst — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • Hungarian: szobaszolgálat — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • Hungarian: szobaszerviz — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • Japanese: ルームサービス (rūmu sābisu) — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • Macedonian: собна услуга (sobna usluga) — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • Polish: obsługa hotelowa — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • Russian: обслу́живание номеро́в (obslúživanije nomeróv) — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • Russian: рум-се́рвис (rum-sérvis) — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • Turkish: oda servisi — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • Ukrainian: обслуго́вування номері́в (obsluhóvuvannja nomerív) — provision of food and drink to a guest room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 客房服務 /客房服务 (kèfáng fúwù) — department of a hotel
  • Finnish: huonepalvelu — department of a hotel
  • Hungarian: szobaszolgálat — department of a hotel
  • Hungarian: szobaszerviz — department of a hotel
  • Hungarian: szobapincér — department of a hotel
  • Hungarian: szobapincér-szolgálat — department of a hotel
  • Macedonian: собна услуга (sobna usluga) — department of a hotel
  • Polish: obsługa hotelowa — department of a hotel
  • Turkish: oda servisi — department of a hotel