The receptionist forced me to sign my name on the paper.
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Receptionist
//ɹɪˈsep.ʃə.nɪst//
Synonyms for "receptionist" (7 found)
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5 entriesat location
3 entriescapable of
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1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مُوَظَّف الْاِسْتِقْبَال noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- مُوَظَّفَةُ الْاِسْتِقْبَال noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Catalan
1 entries- recepcionista noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 招待員 /招待员 noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- 接待員 /接待员 noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Czech
1 entries- recepční noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Dutch
2 entries- onthaalbediende noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- receptionist noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Esperanto
1 entries- akceptisto noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Finnish
2 entries- reseptionisti noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- vastaanottovirkailija noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
French
1 entries- réceptionniste noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
German
3 entries- Empfangsdame noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- Empfangssekretärin noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- Portier noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Greek
1 entries- ρεσεψιονίστ noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Hebrew
1 entries- פקיד קבלה noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Hungarian
2 entries- portás noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- recepciós noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Indonesian
2 entries- penerima tamu noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- resepsionis noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Irish
1 entries- fáilteoir noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Italian
4 entries- addetto al ricevimento noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- addetto all'accettazione noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- addetto alla reception noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- receptionist noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Japanese
1 entries- 受付係 noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Khmer
1 entries- អ្នកទទួលភ្ញៀវ noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Korean
2 entries- 리셉셔니스트 noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- 접수인 noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Marathi
1 entries- रिसेप्शनिस्ट noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Māori
3 entries- kaitaupaepae noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- kaiwhakatau manuhiri noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- kiripaepae noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- resepsjonist noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- resepsjonist noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Polish
2 entries- recepcjonista noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- recepcjonistka noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Portuguese
2 entries- rececionista noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- recepcionista noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Romanian
2 entries- recepționer noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- recepționeră noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Russian
4 entries- администра́тор noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- портье́ noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- регистра́тор noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- секрета́рша noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fàiltiche noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Spanish
2 entries- recepcionista noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- secretaria noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Swedish
1 entries- receptionist noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Thai
1 entries- พนักงานต้อนรับ noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Tibetan
1 entries- སྣེ་ལེན་པ noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Turkish
2 entries- resepsiyon memuru noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- resepsiyonist noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tiếp tân noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Welsh
2 entries- croesawydd noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
- derbynnydd noun (employee who receives visitors and/or calls, typically in an office setting)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The receptionist said to come right in.
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The receptionist changed her tune.
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The hotel is looking for a new head receptionist.
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