receptionist

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1901, derived from reception +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɛpʃənəst/

Noun

receptionist (plural receptionists)

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

Related terms

receipt
receive
receptacle
receptive
receptor

Translations

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

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: recepcionista m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 接待員 (zh), 接待员 (zh) (jiēdàiyuán), 招待員 (zh), 招待员 (zh) (zhāodàiyuán), ^{(please verify)} 秘書 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 秘书 (zh) (mìshū)
Dutch: receptionist (nl) m, onthaalbediende m
Esperanto: akceptisto
Finnish: vastaanottovirkailija, reseptionisti
French: réceptionniste (fr) m or f, ^{(please verify)} secrétaire (fr) m or f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Empfangsdame f, Empfangssekretärin f, Portier (de) m
Greek: ρεσεψιονίστ (el) m or f (resepsioníst)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: recepciós, portás (hu)
Irish: fáilteoir m
Japanese: 受付係 (うけつけがかり, uketsuke-gakari), ^{(please verify)} 秘書 (ja) (ひしょ, hisho)
Khmer: អ្នកទទួលភ្ញៀវ (nĕək tɔtuəl phñiəw)

Korean: please add this translation if you can
Maori: kaitaupaepae, kiripaepae, kaiwhakatau manuhiri
Marathi: रिसेप्शनिस्ट (mr) (risepśanisṭa)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: resepsjonist m
Nynorsk: resepsjonist m
Polish: recepcjonista (pl) m, recepcjonistka (pl) f
Portuguese: recepcionista (pt) m or f
Romanian: recepționer (ro) m, recepționeră (ro) f; ^{(please verify)} secretar (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} secretară (ro) 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
Spanish: recepcionista m or f, secretaria (es) f
Swedish: receptionist (sv) c
Thai: พนักงานต้อนรับ
Tibetan: སྣེ་ལེན་པ (sne len pa)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: croesawydd m, derbynnydd m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

German: ^{(please verify)} Empfangsbedienstete f