noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈtaɪpɪst/
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noun
Meaning 1
A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
someone paid to operate a typewriter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: employee
Narrower terms: touch-typist
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English type Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English typist From type + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
打字員 /打字员
(dǎzìyuán)
— person who types
Danish:
maskinskriver
— person who types
Danish:
maskinskriverske
— person who types
Dutch:
typist
— person who types
Dutch:
typiste
— person who types
Esperanto:
tajpisto
— person who types
Esperanto:
tajpistino
— person who types
Finnish:
konekirjoittaja
— person who types
French:
dactylo
— person who types
French:
dactylographe
— person who types
German:
Maschinenschreiber
— person who types
German:
Maschinschreiber
— person who types
German:
Schreibkraft
— person who types
German:
Maschinenschreiberin
— person who types
German:
Maschinschreiberin
— person who types
German:
Tippse
— person who types
German:
Schreibdame
— person who types
German:
Tippfräulein
— person who types
German:
Tippmädchen
— person who types
German:
Tippmamsell
— person who types
German:
Dactylo
— person who types
German:
Schreibmaschinist
— person who types
German:
Schreibmaschinistin
— person who types
Greek:
δακτυλογράφος
(daktylográfos)
— person who types
Gujarati:
ટંકલેખક
(ṭaṅklekhak)
— person who types
Hungarian:
gépíró
— person who types
Hungarian:
gépírónő
— person who types
Ingrian:
mašinistka
— person who types
Irish:
clóscríobhaí
— person who types
Italian:
dattilografo
— person who types
Italian:
dattilografa
— person who types
Japanese:
タイピスト
(taipisuto)
— person who types
Korean:
타이피스트
(taipiseuteu)
— person who types
Korean:
타자수
(tajasu)
— person who types
Macedonian:
дактилогра́ф
(daktilográf)
— person who types
Macedonian:
дактилогра́фка
(daktilográfka)
— person who types
Māori:
kaipatopato
— person who types
Norwegian Bokmål:
maskinskriver
— person who types
Norwegian Bokmål:
maskinskriverske
— person who types
Norwegian Nynorsk:
maskinskrivar
— person who types
Polish:
maszynistka
— person who types
Portuguese:
dactilógrafo
— person who types
Portuguese:
datilógrafo
— person who types
Romanian:
dactilograf
— person who types
Romanian:
dactilografă
— person who types
Russian:
машини́стка
(mašinístka)
— person who types
Scottish Gaelic:
clò-sgrìobhaiche
— person who types
Serbo-Croatian:
дактилограф
— person who types
Serbo-Croatian:
дактилографкиња
— person who types
Serbo-Croatian:
daktilograf
— person who types
Serbo-Croatian:
daktilografkinja
— person who types
