Phrase guide

help desk

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A section of an organization offering specialist advice to customers or users who have problems, especially with computer equipment or systems.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: helpdesk

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: service

History

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دَعْم فَنِّيّ (daʕm fanniyy) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Arabic: مَكْتَب الْمَسَاعَدَة (maktab al-masāʕada) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Chinese Mandarin: 服務台 (fúwùtái) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Chinese Mandarin: 問訊台 /问讯台 (wènxùntái) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Czech: technická podpora — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Dutch: helpdesk — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Finnish: neuvonta — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • French: centre d'assistance — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Georgian: ტექნიკური დახმარების სამსახური (ṭekniḳuri daxmarebis samsaxuri) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Georgian: დახმარების სამსახური (daxmarebis samsaxuri) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Georgian: მხარდაჭერის გუნდი (mxardač̣eris gundi) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • German: Help-Desk — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • German: Helpdesk — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Greek: γραφείο πληροφοριών (grafeío pliroforión) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Hungarian: ügyfélszolgálat — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Hungarian: vevőszolgálat — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Indonesian: pelayanan pelanggan — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Japanese: ヘルプデスク (herupudesuku) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Korean: 헬프 데스크 (helpeu deseukeu) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Malay: perkhidmatan pelanggan — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Iranian Persian: میزِ کُمَک (miz-e komak) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Polish: obsługa klienta — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Portuguese: balcão de informações — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Russian: техподде́ржка (texpoddéržka) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Russian: слу́жба техни́ческой подде́ржки (slúžba texníčeskoj poddéržki) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Russian: спра́вочная слу́жба (správočnaja slúžba) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Spanish: mesa de ayuda — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Turkish: yardım masası — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Turkish: danışma masası — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Ukrainian: техпідтри́мка (texpidtrýmka) — a section of an organization to help customers or users
  • Ukrainian: слу́жба техні́чної підтри́мки (slúžba texníčnoji pidtrýmky) — a section of an organization to help customers or users