Receptionist

Noun CEFR C1

ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolrecepcionista secretaría

Françaisréceptionniste

DeutschEmpfangsdame Empfangssekretärin Portier

29 more languages

العربيةموظف الإستقبال مُوَظَّف الْاِسْتِقْبَال مُوَظَّفَةُ الْاِسْتِقْبَال

བོད་སྐད།སྣེ་ལེན་པ

Bosanskiадминистратор

Catalàrecepcionista

Češtinarecepční

Cymraegcroesawydd derbynnydd

Ελληνικάρεσεψιονίστ

Esperantoakceptisto

Suomireseptionisti vastaanottoapulainen vastaanottovirkailija

Gaeilgefáilteoir

Gàidhligfàiltiche

Galegorecepcionista

Hrvatskiадминистратор

Bahasa Indonesiapenerima tamu pramutamu resepsionis

Italianoaddetto al ricevimento addetto all'accettazione addetto alla receptionreceptionist

日本語受付受付係

ភាសាខ្មែរអ្នកទទួលភ្ញៀវ

한국어리셉셔니스트 안내원 접수인

Kurdîresepsiyonîst

Nederlandsonthaalbediende receptionist

Polskirecepcjonista recepcjonistka

Portuguêsrececionista recepcionista

Românărecepționer recepționeră

Русскийадминистратор портье регистраторсекретарша секретарь

Српскиадминистратор

ไทยพนักงานต้อนรับ

Türkçeresepsiyonist

Tiếng Việttiếp tân

Examples

“"At the moment, I think ⟳ I'm working for the Central Intelligence Corporation, the Mafia, and Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong." "I see ⟳," the receptionist, making a note ⟳.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

Receptionists Receptions Receptive receptive aphasia receptive language Receptively

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