Who's at the switchboard today?
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Switchboard
//ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbɔɹd//
Synonyms for "switchboard" (40 found)
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Related words (20)
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2 entrieshas context
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2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 21 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- камута́тар noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 交換機 /交换机 noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- 總機 /总机 noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- 配電盤 /配电盘 noun (electronic device)
Czech
1 entries- rozvaděč noun (electronic device)
Danish
2 entries- omstillingsanlæg noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- omstillingsbord noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
Finnish
3 entries- kytkintaulu noun (electronic device)
- puhelinvaihde noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- sähkökeskus noun (electronic device)
French
2 entries- standard noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- standard téléphonique noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
German
2 entries- Klappenschrank noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- Schaltschrank noun (electronic device)
Greek
2 entries- ηλεκτρικός πίνακας noun (electronic device)
- τηλεφωνικό κέντρο noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
Hungarian
2 entries- kapcsolótábla noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- kapcsolótábla noun (electronic device)
Irish
1 entries- lasc-chlár noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
Italian
1 entries- centralino noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
Japanese
3 entries- 交換台 noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- 交換器 noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- 配電盤 noun (electronic device)
Korean
2 entries- 교환대 noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- 배전반 noun (electronic device)
Polish
3 entries- centrala noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- pulpit kontrolny noun (electronic device)
- tablica rozdzielcza noun (electronic device)
Portuguese
2 entries- mesa noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- mesa noun (electronic device)
Romanian
2 entries- dispozitiv de comutare noun (electronic device)
- tablou de distribuție noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
Russian
3 entries- коммута́тор noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- коммута́тор noun (electronic device)
- распредели́тельный щит noun (electronic device)
Spanish
3 entries- cuadro de distribución noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- cuadro de distribución noun (electronic device)
- tablero noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
Swedish
4 entries- elcentral noun (electronic device)
- gruppcentral noun (electronic device)
- telefonväxel noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
- växel noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
Thai
1 entries- ชุมสาย noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
Ukrainian
1 entries- комута́тор noun (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Mary was a switchboard operator when she was younger.
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I'm a switchboard operator.
Source: tatoeba (12299167)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.