telefonista

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛfonɪsta]

Noun

telefonista m anim (female equivalent telefonistka)

1. telephone operator

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	telefonista	telefonisté, telefonisti
genitive	telefonisty	telefonistů
dative	telefonistovi	telefonistům
accusative	telefonistu	telefonisty
vocative	telefonisto	telefonisté, telefonisti
locative	telefonistovi	telefonistech
instrumental	telefonistou	telefonisty

Declension of telefonista (masculine animate in -a)

Further reading

• “telefonista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “telefonista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “telefonista”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Italian

Etymology

From telefono +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.le.foˈni.sta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧nì‧sta

Noun

telefonista m or f by sense (masculine plural telefonisti, feminine plural telefoniste)

1. switchboard operator; telephonist

Anagrams

• telefonasti

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.le.foˈnis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.le.foˈnis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /te.le.foˈniʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.le.foˈnis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.lɨ.fuˈniʃ.tɐ/

Noun

telefonista m or f by sense (plural telefonistas)

1. telephone operator, telephonist (person who operates a telephone switchboard)
2. telephone operator, telephonist (person who provides information or takes messages via the telephone)

Further reading

• “telefonista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “telefonista”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “telefonista”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /telefoˈnista/ [t̪e.le.foˈnis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: te‧le‧fo‧nis‧ta

Noun

telefonista m or f by sense (plural telefonistas)

1. telephone operator, telephonist (person who operates a telephone switchboard)

   Synonym: teleoperador

2. telephone operator, telephonist (person who provides information or takes messages via the telephone)

Further reading

• “telefonista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• “telefonista” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.