noun
Meaning 1
The keeper, manager of a library.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
librarian
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /laɪˈbɹɛə̯ɹi.ən/
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British, Southern, Standard: /lɑjˈbɹɛːɹɪjən/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: lī-brâr’-ē-ən
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/laɪˈbɹɛə̯ɹi.ən/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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/laɪˈbɹeɹi.ən/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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/laɪˈbɹɛɹi.ən/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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Australian: /lɑeˈbɹeːɹi.ən/
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/lɑeˈbɹeə̯ɹi.ən/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/lɑeˈbɹiə̯ɹi.ən/ cheer–chair merger
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/laɪˈbɹɜːɹɪ.ən/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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rhymes with -ɛəɹiən
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CMU ARPABET: L AY0 B R EH1 R IY2 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who cares for the publications, files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person who processes and organizes information.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bibliothec
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: professional, professional person
Narrower terms: cataloger, cataloguer, Dewey, Melvil Dewey, Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
History
Etymology
From library + -an. First attested around 1710.
Across languages
Translations
216 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: bibliotekaris — the manager of a library
- Afrikaans: bibliotekaresse — the manager of a library
- Albanian: bibliotekar — the manager of a library
- Albanian: bibliotekare — the manager of a library
- Arabic: أَمِين مَكْتَبَة (ʔamīn maktaba) — the manager of a library
- Arabic: أَمِينَةْ مَكْتَبَة (ʔamīnat maktaba) — the manager of a library
- Armenian: գրադարանապետ (gradaranapet) — the manager of a library
- Asturian: bibliotecariu — the manager of a library
- Azerbaijani: kitabxanaçı — the manager of a library
- Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар (biblijatékar) — the manager of a library
- Belarusian: бібліятэ́карка (biblijatékarka) — the manager of a library
- Bulgarian: библиотека́р (bibliotekár) — the manager of a library
- Bulgarian: библиотека́рка (bibliotekárka) — the manager of a library
- Burmese: စာကြည့်တိုက်မှူး (ca-krany.tuikhmu:) — the manager of a library
- Catalan: bibliotecari — the manager of a library
- Chinese Mandarin: 圖書館館長 /图书馆馆长 (túshūguǎn guǎnzhǎng) — the manager of a library
- Crimean Tatar: kitaphaneci — the manager of a library
- Czech: knihovník — the manager of a library
- Czech: knihovnice — the manager of a library
- Danish: bibliotekar — the manager of a library
- Dutch: bibliothecaris — the manager of a library
- Dutch: bibliothecaresse — the manager of a library
- Dutch: bibliotheekbeheerder — the manager of a library
- Estonian: raamatukoguhoidja — the manager of a library
- Faroese: bókavørður — the manager of a library
- Finnish: kirjastonhoitaja — the manager of a library
- Finnish: kirjastonjohtaja — the manager of a library
- French: bibliothécaire — the manager of a library
- Galician: bibliotecario — the manager of a library
- Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკარი (biblioteḳari) — the manager of a library
- German: Bibliothekar — the manager of a library
- German: Bibliothekarin — the manager of a library
- Greek: βιβλιοθηκάριος (vivliothikários) — the manager of a library
- Greek: βιβλιοθηκονόμος (vivliothikonómos) — the manager of a library
- Greenlandic: bibliotekari — the manager of a library
- Greenlandic: atuagaatilerisoq — the manager of a library
- Hebrew: סַפְרָן (safrán) — the manager of a library
- Hebrew: ספרנית (safranít) — the manager of a library
- Hindi: पुस्तकाध्यक्ष (pustakādhyakṣ) — the manager of a library
- Hindi: लाइब्रेरियन (lāibreriyan) — the manager of a library
- Hindi: पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष (pustakālyādhyakṣ) — the manager of a library
- Hungarian: könyvtáros — the manager of a library
- Hungarian: könyvtárosnő — the manager of a library
- Icelandic: bókasafnsfræðingur — the manager of a library
- Icelandic: bókavörður — the manager of a library
- Indonesian: pustakawan — the manager of a library
- Italian: bibliotecario — the manager of a library
- Italian: bibliotecaria — the manager of a library
- Japanese: 司書 (shisho) — the manager of a library
- Kazakh: кітапханашы (kıtapxanaşy) — the manager of a library
- Khmer: បណ្ណារក្ស (pannaarak) — the manager of a library
- Northern Kurdish: pirtûkxanevan — the manager of a library
- Kyrgyz: китепканачы (kitepkanacı) — the manager of a library
- Lao: ບັນນາລັກ (ban nā lak) — the manager of a library
- Latvian: bibliotekārs — the manager of a library
- Lithuanian: bibliotekininkas — the manager of a library
- Lithuanian: bibliotekininkė — the manager of a library
- Luxembourgish: Bibliothecaire — the manager of a library
- Macedonian: библиотекар (bibliotekar) — the manager of a library
- Macedonian: библиотекарка (bibliotekarka) — the manager of a library
- Malay: pustakawan — the manager of a library
- Manx: lioarlannee — the manager of a library
- Norwegian Bokmål: bibliotekar — the manager of a library
- Occitan: bibliotecari — the manager of a library
- Old Church Slavonic: вивлиотикарь (vivliotikarĭ) — the manager of a library
- Pashto: کتابدار (ketābdār) — the manager of a library
- Persian: کتابدار (ketâbdâr) — the manager of a library
- Polish: bibliotekarz — the manager of a library
- Polish: bibliotekarka — the manager of a library
- Portuguese: bibliotecário — the manager of a library
- Punjabi: ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀਅਨ (lāibrerīana) — the manager of a library
- Romanian: bibliotecar — the manager of a library
- Romanian: bibliotecară — the manager of a library
- Russian: библиоте́карь (bibliotékarʹ) — the manager of a library
- Russian: библиоте́карша (bibliotékarša) — the manager of a library
- Serbo-Croatian: књи́жнича̄р — the manager of a library
- Serbo-Croatian: књи́жнича̄рка — the manager of a library
- Serbo-Croatian: библиотѐка̄р — the manager of a library
- Serbo-Croatian: библиотѐка̄рка̄ — the manager of a library
- Serbo-Croatian: knjížničār — the manager of a library
- Serbo-Croatian: knjížničārka — the manager of a library
- Serbo-Croatian: bibliotèkār — the manager of a library
- Serbo-Croatian: bibliotèkārkā — the manager of a library
- Slovak: knihovník — the manager of a library
- Slovak: knihovníčka — the manager of a library
- Slovak: bibliotekár — the manager of a library
- Slovak: bibliotekárka — the manager of a library
- Slovene: knjižničar — the manager of a library
- Slovene: knjižničarka — the manager of a library
- Sotho: radibuka — the manager of a library
- Spanish: bibliotecario — the manager of a library
- Swahili: mkutubi — the manager of a library
- Swedish: bibliotekarie — the manager of a library
- Tagalog: tagaingat-aklatan — the manager of a library
- Tajik: китобдор (kitobdor) — the manager of a library
- Tatar: китапханәче (kitapxanäçe) — the manager of a library
- Thai: บรรณารักษ์ (ban-naa-rák) — the manager of a library
- Turkish: kütüphaneci — the manager of a library
- Turkish: bibliyotekçi — the manager of a library
- Turkmen: kitaphanaçy — the manager of a library
- Ukrainian: бібліоте́кар (bibliotékar) — the manager of a library
- Ukrainian: бібліоте́карка (bibliotékarka) — the manager of a library
- Uzbek: kutubxonachi — the manager of a library
- Vietnamese: thủ thư — the manager of a library
- Walloon: bibiotekî — the manager of a library
- Walloon: bibiotecresse — the manager of a library
- Welsh: llyfrgellydd — the manager of a library
- Afrikaans: bibliotekaris — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Armenian: գրադարանավար (gradaranavar) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Azerbaijani: kitabxanaçı — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар (biblijatékar) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Belarusian: бібліятэ́карка (biblijatékarka) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Bulgarian: библиотека́р (bibliotekár) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Bulgarian: библиотека́рка (bibliotekárka) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Catalan: bibliotecari — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Chinese Mandarin: 圖書管理員 /图书管理员 (túshū guǎnlǐyuán) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Chinese Mandarin: 圖書館員 /图书馆员 (túshūguǎnyuán) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Crimean Tatar: kitaphaneci — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Czech: knihovník — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Czech: knihovnice — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Danish: bibliotekar — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Esperanto: bibliotekisto — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Finnish: kirjastonhoitaja — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- French: bibliothécaire — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკარი (biblioteḳari) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- German: Bibliothekar — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- German: Bibliothekarin — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Greek: βιβλιοθηκάριος (vivliothikários) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Greenlandic: atuagaatilerisoq — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Greenlandic: bibliotekari — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Hungarian: könyvtáros — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Indonesian: pustakawan — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Indonesian: pustakawati — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Irish: leabharlannaí — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Japanese: 司書 (shisho) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Japanese: 図書館員 (toshokan'in) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Kazakh: кітапханашы (kıtapxanaşy) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Korean: 사서 (saseo) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Korean: 도서관원 (doseogwanwon) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Kyrgyz: китепканачы (kitepkanacı) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Luxembourgish: Bibliothecaire — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Macedonian: библиотекар (bibliotekar) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Macedonian: библиотекарка (bibliotekarka) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Malay: pustakawan — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Manx: lioarlannee — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Māori: kaitiaki pukapuka — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Norwegian Bokmål: bibliotekar — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Persian: کتابدار (ketâbdâr) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Polish: bibliotekarz — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Polish: bibliotekarka — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Portuguese: bibliotecário — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Punjabi: ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀਅਨ (lāibrerīana) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Romanian: bibliotecar — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Romanian: bibliotecară — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Romansh: bibliotecari — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Russian: библиоте́карь (bibliotékarʹ) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Russian: библиоте́карша (bibliotékarša) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Scottish Gaelic: leabharlannaiche — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Serbo-Croatian: књи́жнича̄р — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Serbo-Croatian: књи́жнича̄рка — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Serbo-Croatian: библиотѐка̄р — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Serbo-Croatian: библиотѐка̄рка̄ — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Serbo-Croatian: knjížničār — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Serbo-Croatian: knjížničārka — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Serbo-Croatian: bibliotèkār — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Serbo-Croatian: bibliotèkārkā — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Slovak: knihovník — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Slovak: knihovníčka — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Slovak: bibliotekár — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Slovak: bibliotekárka — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Slovene: knjižničar — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Slovene: knjižničarka — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Sotho: radibuka — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Swahili: mkutubi — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Turkish: kütüphaneci — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Ukrainian: бібліоте́кар (bibliotékar) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Ukrainian: бібліоте́карка (bibliotékarka) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Welsh: llyfrgellydd — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Yiddish: ביבליאָטעקער (biblyoteker) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Yiddish: ביבליאָטעקעראין (biblyotekerin) — one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар (biblijatékar) — a person who processes and organizes information
- Belarusian: бібліятэ́карка (biblijatékarka) — a person who processes and organizes information
- Bulgarian: библиотека́р (bibliotekár) — a person who processes and organizes information
- Bulgarian: библиотека́рка (bibliotekárka) — a person who processes and organizes information
- Chinese Mandarin: 管理員 /管理员 (guǎnlǐyuán) — a person who processes and organizes information
- Czech: knihovník — a person who processes and organizes information
- Czech: knihovnice — a person who processes and organizes information
- Finnish: informaatikko — a person who processes and organizes information
- French: archiviste — a person who processes and organizes information
- German: Archivar — a person who processes and organizes information
- German: Archivarin — a person who processes and organizes information
- Macedonian: библиотекар (bibliotekar) — a person who processes and organizes information
- Macedonian: библиотекарка (bibliotekarka) — a person who processes and organizes information
- Polish: bibliotekarz — a person who processes and organizes information
- Polish: bibliotekarka — a person who processes and organizes information
- Portuguese: arquivista — a person who processes and organizes information
- Romanian: arhivist — a person who processes and organizes information
- Romanian: arhivistă — a person who processes and organizes information
- Russian: библиоте́карь (bibliotékarʹ) — a person who processes and organizes information
- Russian: библиоте́карша (bibliotékarša) — a person who processes and organizes information
- Serbo-Croatian: књи́жнича̄р — a person who processes and organizes information
- Serbo-Croatian: књи́жнича̄рка — a person who processes and organizes information
- Serbo-Croatian: библиотѐка̄р — a person who processes and organizes information
- Serbo-Croatian: библиотѐка̄рка̄ — a person who processes and organizes information
- Serbo-Croatian: knjížničār — a person who processes and organizes information
- Serbo-Croatian: knjížničārka — a person who processes and organizes information
- Serbo-Croatian: bibliotèkār — a person who processes and organizes information
- Serbo-Croatian: bibliotèkārkā — a person who processes and organizes information
- Slovak: knihovník — a person who processes and organizes information
- Slovak: knihovníčka — a person who processes and organizes information
- Slovak: bibliotekár — a person who processes and organizes information
- Slovak: bibliotekárka — a person who processes and organizes information
- Slovene: knjižničar — a person who processes and organizes information
- Slovene: knjižničarka — a person who processes and organizes information
- Ukrainian: бібліоте́кар (bibliotékar) — a person who processes and organizes information
- Ukrainian: бібліоте́карка (bibliotékarka) — a person who processes and organizes information
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