receptionist

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• Canada, UK, US: /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst/
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• Australian: /ɹɪˈsep.ʃə.nɪst/
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Recorded since 1901, derived from reception + -ist.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُوَظَّف الْاِسْتِقْبَال (muwaẓẓaf al-istiqbāl) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Arabic: مُوَظَّفَةُ الْاِسْتِقْبَال (muwaẓẓafatu l-istiqbāl) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Catalan: recepcionista — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Chinese Mandarin: 接待員 /接待员 (jiēdàiyuán) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Chinese Mandarin: 招待員 /招待员 (zhāodàiyuán) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Czech: recepční — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Dutch: receptionist — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Dutch: onthaalbediende — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Esperanto: akceptisto — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Finnish: vastaanottovirkailija — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Finnish: reseptionisti — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• French: réceptionniste — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• German: Empfangsdame — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• German: Empfangssekretärin — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• German: Portier — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Greek: ρεσεψιονίστ (resepsioníst) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Hebrew: פקיד קבלה (pkid kabalá) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Hungarian: recepciós — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Hungarian: portás — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Indonesian: penerima tamu — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Indonesian: resepsionis — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Irish: fáilteoir — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Italian: addetto al ricevimento — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Italian: addetto all'accettazione — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Italian: addetto alla reception — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Italian: receptionist — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Japanese: 受付係 (uketsuke-gakari) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Khmer: អ្នកទទួលភ្ញៀវ (nĕək tɔɔtɔtuəl phñiəw) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Korean: 리셉셔니스트 (risepsyeoniseuteu) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Korean: 접수인 (jeopsu'in) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Māori: kaitaupaepae — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Māori: kiripaepae — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Māori: kaiwhakatau manuhiri — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Marathi: रिसेप्शनिस्ट (risepśanisṭa) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Norwegian Bokmål: resepsjonist — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Norwegian Nynorsk: resepsjonist — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Polish: recepcjonista — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Polish: recepcjonistka — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Portuguese: recepcionista — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Portuguese: rececionista — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Romanian: recepționer — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Romanian: recepționeră — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Russian: секрета́рь (sekretárʹ) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Russian: секрета́рша (sekretárša) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Russian: регистра́тор (registrátor) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Russian: администра́тор (administrátor) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Russian: портье́ (portʹjé) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Scottish Gaelic: fàiltiche — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Spanish: recepcionista — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Spanish: secretaria — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Swedish: receptionist — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Thai: พนักงานต้อนรับ (pá-nák-ngaan-dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Tibetan: སྣེ་ལེན་པ (sne len pa) — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Turkish: resepsiyonist — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Turkish: resepsiyon memuru — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Vietnamese: tiếp tân — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Welsh: croesawydd — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting
• Welsh: derbynnydd — employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting