"receptionist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst/ [Canada, UK, US], /ɹɪˈsep.ʃə.nɪst/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-receptionist.wav 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 /接待员 (jiēdàiyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 招待員 /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)
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  2. (theology) A proponent of receptionism. Categories (topical): Theology, People
    Sense id: en-receptionist-en-noun-whzttsFm Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: receipt, receive, receptacle, receptive, receptor

Inflected forms

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          "word": "रिसेप्शनिस्ट"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "administrátor",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "администра́тор"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "receptionist"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pá-nák-ngaan-dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "word": "พนักงานต้อนรับ"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "croesawydd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "derbynnydd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "receptionist"
}

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