receptionist

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1901, derived from reception (itself from Latin receptiō (“the act of receiving; reception”), from receptus, the perfect passive participle of recipiō (“receive”)) + -ist.

Noun

receptionist (countable and uncountable; plural receptionists)

1. An employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting.
2. A secretary whose tasks prominently include the above.

Related terms

• receipt
• receive
• receptacle
• receptive
• receptor

Translations

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

Chinese: Mandarin: 接待員 (cmn), 接待员 (cmn) (jiēdàiyuán), 招待員 (cmn), 招待员 (cmn) (zhāodàiyuán) Dutch: receptionist m., onthaalbediende m. Finnish: vastaanottovirkailija (fi)

French: réceptionniste (fr) m. and f. German: Empfangsdame (de) f., Empfangssekretärin (de) f., Portier (de) m. Japanese: 受付係 (ja) (うけつけがかり, uketsuke-gakari) Russian: (office) секретарь (ru) (sekretár') m., секретарша (ru) (sekretárša) f., регистратор (ru) (registrátor) m., администратор (ru) (administrátor) m., портье (ru) (port'jé) m.

a secretary whose tasks include the above

Chinese: Mandarin: 秘書 (cmn), 秘书 (cmn) (mìshū) Dutch: secretaris (nl) m. Finnish: vastaanottovirkailija (fi)

French: secrétaire (fr) m. and f. German: Sekretärin (de) f. Japanese: 秘書 (ja) (ひしょ ,hisho) Russian: секретарь (ru) (sekretár') m., секретарша (ru) (sekretárša) f.

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German: Empfangsbedienstete f. Scottish Gaelic: fàiltiche m., neach-fàilteachaidh m. and f.