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receptionist

receptionist

English

Noun

receptionist ‎(countable and uncountable, plural receptionists)

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

Related terms

Translations

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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 接待員 (zh), 接待员 (zh) ‎(jiēdàiyuán), 招待員 (zh), 招待员 (zh) ‎(zhāodàiyuán)
Dutch: receptionist m, onthaalbediende m
Finnish: vastaanottovirkailija, reseptionisti
French: réceptionniste (fr) m, f
German: Empfangsdame f, Empfangssekretärin f, Portier (de) m
Greek: ρεσεψιονίστ (el) m, f ‎(resepsioníst)
Japanese: 受付係 ‎(うけつけがかり, uketsuke-gakari)
Marathi: रिसेप्शनिस्ट (mr) ‎(risepśanisṭa)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: resepsjonist m

Nynorsk: resepsjonist m
Polish: recepcjonista (pl) m, recepcjonistka (pl) f
Portuguese: recepcionista (pt) m, 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
Swedish: receptionist (sv) c
Vietnamese:

a secretary whose tasks include the above

Chinese:
Mandarin: 秘書 (zh), 秘书 (zh) ‎(mìshū)
Dutch: secretaris (nl) m
Finnish: vastaanottovirkailija
French: secrétaire (fr) m, f

German: Sekretärin (de) f
Japanese: 秘書 ‎(ひしょ ,hisho)
Portuguese: recepcionista (pt) m, f
Russian: секрета́рь (ru) m ‎(sekretárʹ), секрета́рша (ru) f ‎(sekretárša)
Scottish Gaelic: fàiltiche m