The librarian classified the books according to subject.
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Librarian
//laɪˈbɹɛɹ.i.ən//
Synonyms for "librarian" (94 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (47)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
16 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
215 translations across 77 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- bibliotekaresse noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotekaris noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotekaris noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Albanian
2 entries- bibliotekar noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotekare noun (the manager of a library)
Arabic
2 entries- أَمِين مَكْتَبَة noun (the manager of a library)
- أَمِينَةْ مَكْتَبَة noun (the manager of a library)
Armenian
2 entries- գրադարանապետ noun (the manager of a library)
- գրադարանավար noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Asturian
1 entries- bibliotecariu noun (the manager of a library)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- kitabxanaçı noun (the manager of a library)
- kitabxanaçı noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Belarusian
4 entries- бібліятэ́кар noun (the manager of a library)
- бібліятэ́кар noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- бібліятэ́кар noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- бібліятэ́карка noun (the manager of a library)
Bulgarian
4 entries- библиотека́р noun (the manager of a library)
- библиотека́р noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- библиотека́р noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- библиотека́рка noun (the manager of a library)
Burmese
1 entries- စာကြည့်တိုက်မှူး noun (the manager of a library)
Catalan
2 entries- bibliotecari noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotecari noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 圖書管理員 /图书管理员 noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- 圖書館員 /图书馆员 noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- 圖書館館長 /图书馆馆长 noun (the manager of a library)
- 管理員 /管理员 noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- kitaphaneci noun (the manager of a library)
- kitaphaneci noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Czech
4 entries- knihovnice noun (the manager of a library)
- knihovnice noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- knihovnice noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- knihovník noun (the manager of a library)
Danish
2 entries- bibliotekar noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotekar noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Dutch
3 entries- bibliothecaresse noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliothecaris noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotheekbeheerder noun (the manager of a library)
Esperanto
1 entries- bibliotekisto noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Estonian
1 entries- raamatukoguhoidja noun (the manager of a library)
Faroese
1 entries- bókavørður noun (the manager of a library)
Finnish
4 entries- informaatikko noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- kirjastonhoitaja noun (the manager of a library)
- kirjastonhoitaja noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- kirjastonjohtaja noun (the manager of a library)
French
3 entries- archiviste noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- bibliothécaire noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliothécaire noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Galician
1 entries- bibliotecario noun (the manager of a library)
Georgian
2 entries- ბიბლიოთეკარი noun (the manager of a library)
- ბიბლიოთეკარი noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
German
4 entries- Archivar noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- Archivarin noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- Bibliothekar noun (the manager of a library)
- Bibliothekar noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Greek
3 entries- βιβλιοθηκάριος noun (the manager of a library)
- βιβλιοθηκάριος noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- βιβλιοθηκονόμος noun (the manager of a library)
Greenlandic
4 entries- atuagaatilerisoq noun (the manager of a library)
- atuagaatilerisoq noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- bibliotekari noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotekari noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Hebrew
2 entries- סַפְרָן noun (the manager of a library)
- ספרנית noun (the manager of a library)
Hindi
3 entries- पुस्तकाध्यक्ष noun (the manager of a library)
- पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष noun (the manager of a library)
- लाइब्रेरियन noun (the manager of a library)
Hungarian
2 entries- könyvtáros noun (the manager of a library)
- könyvtáros noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Icelandic
2 entries- bókasafnsfræðingur noun (the manager of a library)
- bókavörður noun (the manager of a library)
Indonesian
3 entries- pustakawan noun (the manager of a library)
- pustakawan noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- pustakawati noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Irish
1 entries- leabharlannaí noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Italian
2 entries- bibliotecaria noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotecario noun (the manager of a library)
Japanese
3 entries- 司書 noun (the manager of a library)
- 司書 noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- 図書館員 noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Kazakh
2 entries- кітапханашы noun (the manager of a library)
- кітапханашы noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Khmer
1 entries- បណ្ណារក្ស noun (the manager of a library)
Korean
2 entries- 도서관원 noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- 사서 noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- китепканачы noun (the manager of a library)
- китепканачы noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Lao
1 entries- ບັນນາລັກ noun (the manager of a library)
Latvian
1 entries- bibliotekārs noun (the manager of a library)
Lithuanian
2 entries- bibliotekininkas noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotekininkė noun (the manager of a library)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Bibliothecaire noun (the manager of a library)
- Bibliothecaire noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Macedonian
4 entries- библиотекар noun (the manager of a library)
- библиотекар noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- библиотекар noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- библиотекарка noun (the manager of a library)
Malay
2 entries- pustakawan noun (the manager of a library)
- pustakawan noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Manx
2 entries- lioarlannee noun (the manager of a library)
- lioarlannee noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Māori
1 entries- kaitiaki pukapuka noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- pirtûkxanevan noun (the manager of a library)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bibliotekar noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotekar noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Occitan
1 entries- bibliotecari noun (the manager of a library)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- вивлиотикарь noun (the manager of a library)
Pashto
1 entries- کتابدار noun (the manager of a library)
Persian
2 entries- کتابدار noun (the manager of a library)
- کتابدار noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Polish
4 entries- bibliotekarka noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotekarka noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- bibliotekarka noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- bibliotekarz noun (the manager of a library)
Portuguese
3 entries- arquivista noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- bibliotecário noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotecário noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀਅਨ noun (the manager of a library)
- ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀਅਨ noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Romanian
4 entries- arhivist noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- arhivistă noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- bibliotecar noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotecar noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Romansch
1 entries- bibliotecari noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Russian
4 entries- библиоте́карша noun (the manager of a library)
- библиоте́карша noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- библиоте́карша noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- библиоте́карь noun (the manager of a library)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- leabharlannaiche noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bibliotèkār noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotèkār noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- bibliotèkār noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- bibliotèkārkā noun (the manager of a library)
Slovak
4 entries- bibliotekár noun (the manager of a library)
- bibliotekár noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- bibliotekár noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- bibliotekárka noun (the manager of a library)
Slovene
4 entries- knjižničar noun (the manager of a library)
- knjižničar noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- knjižničar noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- knjižničarka noun (the manager of a library)
Sotho
2 entries- radibuka noun (the manager of a library)
- radibuka noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Spanish
1 entries- bibliotecario noun (the manager of a library)
Swahili
2 entries- mkutubi noun (the manager of a library)
- mkutubi noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Swedish
1 entries- bibliotekarie noun (the manager of a library)
Tagalog
1 entries- tagaingat-aklatan noun (the manager of a library)
Tajik
1 entries- китобдор noun (the manager of a library)
Tatar
1 entries- китапханәче noun (the manager of a library)
Thai
1 entries- บรรณารักษ์ noun (the manager of a library)
Turkish
3 entries- bibliyotekçi noun (the manager of a library)
- kütüphaneci noun (the manager of a library)
- kütüphaneci noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Turkmen
1 entries- kitaphanaçy noun (the manager of a library)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бібліоте́кар noun (the manager of a library)
- бібліоте́кар noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- бібліоте́кар noun (a person who processes and organizes information)
- бібліоте́карка noun (the manager of a library)
Uzbek
1 entries- kutubxonachi noun (the manager of a library)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thủ thư noun (the manager of a library)
Walloon
2 entries- bibiotecresse noun (the manager of a library)
- bibiotekî noun (the manager of a library)
Welsh
2 entries- llyfrgellydd noun (the manager of a library)
- llyfrgellydd noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Yiddish
2 entries- ביבליאָטעקער noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
- ביבליאָטעקעראין noun (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I told the librarian that I needed the book for a report due on Friday; so she said she would call it in.
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The librarian looked quite sick.
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I am employed as a librarian in an academic library.
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