English
Etymology
Recorded since 1901, derived from reception + -ist .
Pronunciation
Noun
receptionist (plural receptionists )
An employee (such as a secretary ) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.
( theology ) A proponent of receptionism .
Translations
employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: recepcionista m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 接待員 / 接待员 (zh) ( jiēdàiyuán ) , 接待员 (zh) ( jiēdàiyuán ) , 招待員 / 招待员 (zh) ( zhāodàiyuán ) , 招待员 (zh) ( zhāodàiyuán ) , (please verify ) 秘書 / 秘书 (zh) ( mìshū ) , (please verify ) 秘书 (zh) ( mìshū )
Czech: recepční m
Dutch: receptionist (nl) m , onthaalbediende m
Esperanto: akceptisto
Finnish: vastaanottovirkailija , reseptionisti
French: réceptionniste (fr) m or f , (please verify ) secrétaire (fr) m or f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Empfangsdame f , Empfangssekretärin f , Portier (de) m
Greek: ρεσεψιονίστ (el) m or f ( resepsioníst )
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: recepciós , portás (hu)
Irish: fáilteoir m
Japanese: 受付係 ( うけつけがかり, uketsuke-gakari ) , (please verify ) 秘書 (ja) ( ひしょ, hisho )
Khmer: អ្នកទទួលភ្ញៀវ ( nĕək tɔtuəl phñiəw )
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Korean: please add this translation if you can
Maori: kaitaupaepae , kiripaepae , kaiwhakatau manuhiri
Marathi: रिसेप्शनिस्ट (mr) ( risepśanisṭa )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: resepsjonist m
Nynorsk: resepsjonist m
Polish: recepcjonista (pl) m , recepcjonistka (pl) f
Portuguese: recepcionista (pt) m or f
Romanian: recepționer (ro) m , recepționeră (ro) f ; (please verify ) secretar (ro) m , (please verify ) secretară (ro) f
Russian: ( office ) секрета́рь (ru) m ( sekretárʹ ) , секрета́рша (ru) f ( sekretárša ) , регистра́тор (ru) m ( registrátor ) , администра́тор (ru) m ( administrátor ) , портье́ (ru) m ( portʹjé )
Scottish Gaelic: fàiltiche m
Spanish: recepcionista m or f , secretaria (es) f
Swedish: receptionist (sv) c
Thai: พนักงานต้อนรับ ( pá-nák-ngaan-dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp )
Tibetan: སྣེ་ལེན་པ ( sne len pa )
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: croesawydd m , derbynnydd m
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