receptionist

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1901, derived from reception +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsep.ʃə.nɪst/

Noun

receptionist (plural receptionists)

1. An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.
2. (theology) A proponent of receptionism.

Related terms

• receipt
• receive
• receptacle
• receptive
• receptor

Translations

employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting

Arabic: مُوَظَّف الْاِسْتِقْبَال m (muwaẓẓaf al-istiqbāl), مُوَظَّفَةُ الْاِسْتِقْبَال f (muwaẓẓafatu l-istiqbāl) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: recepcionista m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 接待員 / 接待员 (zh) (jiēdàiyuán), 招待員 / 招待员 (zh) (zhāodàiyuán), (please verify) 秘書 / 秘书 (zh) (mìshū) Czech: recepční m Dutch: receptionist (nl) m, onthaalbediende m Esperanto: akceptisto Finnish: vastaanottovirkailija, reseptionisti French: réceptionniste (fr) m or f, (please verify) secrétaire (fr) m or f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Empfangsdame (de) f, Empfangssekretärin f, Portier (de) m Greek: ρεσεψιονίστ (el) m or f (resepsioníst) Hebrew: פקיד קבלה m (pkid kabalá) Hungarian: recepciós (hu), portás (hu) Irish: fáilteoir m Italian: addetto al ricevimento m, addetto all'accettazione m, addetto alla reception m, receptionist (it) Japanese: 受付係 (うけつけがかり, uketsuke-gakari), (please verify) 秘書 (ja) (ひしょ, hisho) Khmer: អ្នកទទួលភ្ញៀវ (nĕək tɔtuəl phñiəw) Korean: 리셉셔니스트 (risepsyeoniseuteu), 접수인(接受人) (jeopsu'in) Maori: kaitaupaepae, kiripaepae, kaiwhakatau manuhiri Marathi: रिसेप्शनिस्ट (mr) (risepśanisṭa) Norwegian: Bokmål: resepsjonist m Nynorsk: resepsjonist m Polish: recepcjonista (pl) m, recepcjonistka (pl) f Portuguese: recepcionista (pt) m or f, rececionista m or f Romanian: recepționer (ro) m, recepționeră (ro) f; (please verify) secretar (ro) m, (please verify) secretară (ro) f Russian: (office) секрета́рь (ru) m (sekretárʹ), секрета́рша (ru) f (sekretárša), регистра́тор (ru) m (registrátor), администра́тор (ru) m (administrátor), портье́ (ru) m (portʹjé) Scottish Gaelic: fàiltiche m Spanish: recepcionista m or f, secretaria (es) f Swedish: receptionist (sv) c Thai: พนักงานต้อนรับ (pá-nák-ngaan-dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp) Tibetan: སྣེ་ལེན་པ (sne len pa) Turkish: resepsiyonist (tr) Vietnamese: tiếp tân (vi) Welsh: croesawydd m, derbynnydd m

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German: (please verify) Empfangsbedienstete f

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English receptionist.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: re‧cep‧ti‧o‧nist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

receptionist m (plural receptionisten, diminutive receptionistje n, feminine receptioniste)

1. a receptionist