"help desk" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: help desks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} help desk (plural help desks)
  1. A section of an organization offering specialist advice to customers or users who have problems, especially with computer equipment or systems. Wikipedia link: help desk Synonyms: helpdesk, help-desk Translations (a section of an organization to help customers or users): دَعْم فَنِّيّ (daʕm fanniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), مَكْتَب اَلْمَسَاعَدَة (maktab al-masāʕada) [masculine] (Arabic), 服務台 (Chinese Mandarin), 服务台 (fúwùtái) (Chinese Mandarin), 問訊台 (Chinese Mandarin), 问讯台 (wènxùntái) (Chinese Mandarin), neuvonta (Finnish), centre d’assistance [masculine] (French), ტექნიკური დახმარების სამსახური (ṭekniḳuri daxmarebis samsaxuri) (Georgian), დახმარების სამსახური (daxmarebis samsaxuri) (Georgian), მხარდაჭერის გუნდი (mxardač̣eris gundi) (Georgian), Help-Desk [masculine, neuter] (German), Helpdesk [masculine, neuter] (German), γραφείο πληροφοριών (grafeío pliroforión) [neuter] (Greek), ügyfélszolgálat (Hungarian), vevőszolgálat (Hungarian), pelayanan pelanggan (Indonesian), ヘルプデスク (herupudesuku) (Japanese), perkhidmatan pelanggan (Malay), obsługa klienta [feminine] (Polish), balcão de informações [masculine] (Portuguese), техподде́ржка (texpoddéržka) [feminine] (Russian), слу́жба техни́ческой подде́ржки (slúžba texníčeskoj poddéržki) [feminine] (Russian), спра́вочная слу́жба (správočnaja slúžba) [feminine] (Russian), mesa de ayuda [feminine] (Spanish), yardım masası (Turkish), danışma masası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-help_desk-en-noun-ZiA9BRqt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "word": "neuvonta"
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          "lang": "French",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "word": "ტექნიკური დახმარების სამსახური"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
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          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "word": "მხარდაჭერის გუნდი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Help-Desk"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Helpdesk"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "grafeío pliroforión",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "γραφείο πληροφοριών"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "word": "ügyfélszolgálat"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "word": "vevőszolgálat"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "word": "pelayanan pelanggan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "herupudesuku",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "word": "ヘルプデスク"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "word": "perkhidmatan pelanggan"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "obsługa klienta"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "balcão de informações"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "texpoddéržka",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "техподде́ржка"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "слу́жба техни́ческой подде́ржки"
        },
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          "roman": "správočnaja slúžba",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "спра́вочная слу́жба"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mesa de ayuda"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "word": "yardım masası"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
          "word": "danışma masası"
        }
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        "help desk"
      ]
    }
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}
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      ],
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        [
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        ],
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      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "دَعْم فَنِّيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "maktab al-masāʕada",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَكْتَب اَلْمَسَاعَدَة"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "服務台"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fúwùtái",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "服务台"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "問訊台"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wènxùntái",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "问讯台"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "neuvonta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centre d’assistance"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭekniḳuri daxmarebis samsaxuri",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "ტექნიკური დახმარების სამსახური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daxmarebis samsaxuri",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "დახმარების სამსახური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mxardač̣eris gundi",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "მხარდაჭერის გუნდი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Help-Desk"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Helpdesk"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "grafeío pliroforión",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "γραφείο πληροφοριών"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "ügyfélszolgálat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "vevőszolgálat"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "pelayanan pelanggan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "herupudesuku",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "ヘルプデスク"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "perkhidmatan pelanggan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obsługa klienta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balcão de informações"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "texpoddéržka",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "техподде́ржка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slúžba texníčeskoj poddéržki",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слу́жба техни́ческой подде́ржки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "správočnaja slúžba",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спра́вочная слу́жба"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mesa de ayuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "yardım masası"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a section of an organization to help customers or users",
      "word": "danışma masası"
    }
  ],
  "word": "help desk"
}

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