receptionist
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re·cep·tion·ist
(rĭ-sĕp′shə-nĭst)n.
An office worker employed chiefly to receive visitors and answer the telephone.
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receptionist
(rɪˈsɛpʃənɪst)n
(Professions) a person employed in an office, hotel, doctor's surgery, etc, to receive clients, guests, or patients, answer the telephone, arrange appointments, etc
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re•cep•tion•ist
(rɪˈsɛp ʃə nɪst)n.
a person employed to receive and assist callers, clients, etc., as in an office.
[1900–05]
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| Noun | 1. |  receptionist - a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitorssecretarial assistant, secretary - an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization |
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Translations
مُوَظَّف الإسْتِقْبالمُوَظِّفُ الِاسْتِقْبال
recepční
receptionist
vastaanottovirkailija
recepcioner
fogadóportás
starfskraftur í móttöku
受付係秘書
접수계원
recepčný
receptor
receptionist
พนักงานต้อนรับ
resepsiyon görevlisiresepsiyonist
nhân viên tiếp tân
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
receptionist
[rɪˈsɛpʃənɪst] n → réceptionniste mfreception room n (British) (in private house) → salon m; (in public building, hotel) → salle f de réceptionCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
receptionist
n (in hotel) → Empfangschef m, → Empfangsdame f; (with firm) → Herr m → /Dame f → am Empfang, Empfangssekretärin f; (at airport) → Bodenhostess f; (at doctor’s, dentist’s etc) → Frau f or → Herr m → an der Anmeldung
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
receptionist
[rɪˈsɛpʃənɪst] n (in hotel, offices) → receptionist m/f inv; (at doctor's) → addetto/a alla ricezione, assistente m/f di studioCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
reception
(rəˈsepʃən) noun1. the act of receiving or being received. His speech got a good reception.
2. a formal party or social gathering to welcome guests. a wedding reception.
3. the quality of radio or television signals. Radio reception is poor in this area.
4. the part of a hotel, hospital etc where visitors enter and are attended to.
reˈceptionist noun a person who is employed (eg in a hotel, office etc) to answer the telephone, attend to guests, clients etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
receptionist
→ مُوَظِّفُ الِاسْتِقْبال recepční receptionist Empfangschef ρεσεψιονίστ recepcionista vastaanottovirkailija réceptionniste recepcioner receptionist 受付係 접수계원 receptionist resepsjonist recepcjonista rececionista, recepcionista секретарь приемной receptionist พนักงานต้อนรับ resepsiyonist nhân viên tiếp tân 接待员Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
receptionist
n. recepcionista.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
receptionist
n recepcionista mfEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.