receptionist

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1901, derived from reception +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsep.ʃə.nɪst/

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.
2. (theology) A proponent of receptionism.

Related terms

• receipt
• receive
• receptacle
• receptive
• receptor

Translations

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

• Arabic: مُوَظَّف الْاِسْتِقْبَال m (muwaẓẓaf al-istiqbāl), مُوَظَّفَةُ الْاِسْتِقْبَال f (muwaẓẓafatu l-istiqbāl)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: recepcionista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 接待員／接待员 (zh) (jiēdàiyuán), 招待員／招待员 (zh) (zhāodàiyuán), ^{(please verify)} 秘書／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 (de) f, Empfangssekretärin f, Portier (de) m
• Greek: ρεσεψιονίστ (el) m or f (resepsioníst)
• Hebrew: פקיד קבלה m (pkid kabalá)
• Hungarian: recepciós (hu), portás (hu)
• Irish: fáilteoir m
• Italian: addetto al ricevimento m, addetto all'accettazione m, addetto alla reception m, receptionist (it)
• 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)
• Korean: 리셉셔니스트 (risepsyeoniseuteu), 접수인(接受人) (jeopsu'in)
• 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, rececionista 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)
• Turkish: resepsiyonist (tr)
• Vietnamese: tiếp tân (vi)
• Welsh: croesawydd m, derbynnydd m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} Empfangsbedienstete f