telefonista

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛfoɲɪsta]

Noun

1. telephone operator

Further reading

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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 (masculine plural telefonisti, feminine plural telefoniste)

1. switchboard operator; telephonist

Anagrams

• telefonasti

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Portuguese

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /telefoˈnista/ [t̪e.le.foˈnis.t̪a]

Noun

telefonista m or f (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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “telefonista” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.