"receptionist" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst/ [Canada, UK, US], /ɹɪˈsep.ʃə.nɪst/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-receptionist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: receptionists [plural]
Etymology: Recorded since 1901, derived from reception + -ist. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|reception|-ist}} reception + -ist Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting): مُوَظَّف الْاِسْتِقْبَال (muwaẓẓaf al-istiqbāl) [masculine] (Arabic), مُوَظَّفَةُ الْاِسْتِقْبَال (muwaẓẓafatu l-istiqbāl) [feminine] (Arabic), recepcionista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 接待員 (Chinese Mandarin), 接待员 (jiēdàiyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 招待員 (Chinese Mandarin), 招待员 (zhāodàiyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), recepční [masculine] (Czech), receptionist [masculine] (Dutch), onthaalbediende [masculine] (Dutch), akceptisto (Esperanto), vastaanottovirkailija (Finnish), reseptionisti (Finnish), réceptionniste [feminine, masculine] (French), Empfangsdame [feminine] (German), Empfangssekretärin [feminine] (German), Portier [masculine] (German), ρεσεψιονίστ (resepsioníst) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), פקיד קבלה (pkid kabalá) [masculine] (Hebrew), recepciós (Hungarian), portás (Hungarian), fáilteoir [masculine] (Irish), addetto al ricevimento [masculine] (Italian), addetto all'accettazione [masculine] (Italian), addetto alla reception [masculine] (Italian), receptionist (Italian), 受付係 (uketsuke-gakari) (alt: うけつけがかり) (Japanese), អ្នកទទួលភ្ញៀវ (nĕək tɔɔtɔtuəl phñiəw) (Khmer), 리셉셔니스트 (risepsyeoniseuteu) (Korean), 접수인 (jeopsu'in) (alt: 接受人) (Korean), kaitaupaepae (Maori), kiripaepae (Maori), kaiwhakatau manuhiri (Maori), रिसेप्शनिस्ट (risepśanisṭa) (Marathi), resepsjonist [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), resepsjonist [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), recepcjonista [masculine] (Polish), recepcjonistka [feminine] (Polish), recepcionista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), rececionista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), recepționer [masculine] (Romanian), recepționeră [feminine] (Romanian), секрета́рь (sekretárʹ) (english: office) [masculine] (Russian), секрета́рша (sekretárša) [feminine] (Russian), регистра́тор (registrátor) [masculine] (Russian), администра́тор (administrátor) [masculine] (Russian), портье́ (portʹjé) [masculine] (Russian), fàiltiche [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), recepcionista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), secretaria [feminine] (Spanish), receptionist [common-gender] (Swedish), พนักงานต้อนรับ (pá-nák-ngaan-dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp) (Thai), སྣེ་ལེན་པ (sne len pa) (Tibetan), resepsiyonist (Turkish), tiếp tân (Vietnamese), croesawydd [masculine] (Welsh), derbynnydd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-receptionist-en-noun-Dw5PjXF~ Disambiguation of Occupations: 66 34 Disambiguation of People: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting': 92 8
  2. (theology) A proponent of receptionism. Categories (topical): Theology, People
    Sense id: en-receptionist-en-noun-whzttsFm Disambiguation of People: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: receipt, receive, receptacle, receptive, receptor

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Marathi",
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          "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
          "word": "रिसेप्शनिस्ट"
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          "english": "office",
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          "roman": "sne len pa",
          "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
          "word": "སྣེ་ལེན་པ"
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          "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
          "word": "tiếp tân"
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      "word": "招待员"
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      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "recepční"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "receptionist"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Empfangssekretärin"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "addetto al ricevimento"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "alt": "うけつけがかり",
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      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "word": "受付係"
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      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "word": "អ្នកទទួលភ្ញៀវ"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "word": "리셉셔니스트"
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      "alt": "接受人",
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      "roman": "jeopsu'in",
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      "word": "접수인"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "word": "kaiwhakatau manuhiri"
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      "code": "mr",
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      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "word": "रिसेप्शनिस्ट"
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      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "resepsjonist"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "recepcjonista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "recepcjonistka"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "recepcionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "rececionista"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "recepționer"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "recepționeră"
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      "english": "office",
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      "roman": "sekretárʹ",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "секрета́рь"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "регистра́тор"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "administrátor",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "администра́тор"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "portʹjé",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "портье́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fàiltiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recepcionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secretaria"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "word": "พนักงานต้อนรับ"
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      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sne len pa",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "word": "སྣེ་ལེན་པ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "word": "resepsiyonist"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "word": "tiếp tân"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
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