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telephone operator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A person who operates a telephone switchboard.
   • Since the outbreak of war women have been recruited for many grades of railway work. The number of women clerks has been increased greatly, and women are performing invaluable work as porters, motor drivers, carriage cleaners, and telephone operators, as well as in a variety of other capacities. 1942 July-August, T. F. Cameron, “How the Staff of a Railway is Recruited”, in Railway Magazine, page 207:
2. A person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone.

Forms

Synonyms

telephonist

Translations (53)

gl teleoperadora (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · gl teleoperador (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · gl telefonista (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · fi keskusneiti (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · es teleoperadora (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · hu központos (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · es telefonista (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · ca teleoperadora (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · ko 전화 교환원 (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · hu telefonoskisasszony (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · el τηλεφωνητής (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · pl telefonista (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · ms telefonis (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · de Telefonist (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · fr téléphoniste (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · fr téléopératrice (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · pt teleoperador (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · ru телефони́ст (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · da telefonist (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · ca teleoperadora (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · ca telefonista (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · fr téléopérateur (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · ms telefonis (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · es telefonista (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · es teleoperador (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · pl telefonista (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · gl teleoperador (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · hu telefonkezelő (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · pt telefonista (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · fi puhelinvirkailija (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · de Telefonist (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · pt telefonista (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · hu telefonos (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · ca teleoperador (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · fr standardiste (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · ru телефони́стка (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · ca telefonista (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · ru телефони́ст (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · ca teleoperador (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · es teleoperador (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · gl telefonista (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · fi puhelinvirkailija (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · de Telefonistin (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · hu telefonközpontos (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · el τηλεφωνήτρια (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · fr téléphoniste (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · ru телефони́стка (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · de Telefonistin (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · pt teleoperadora (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · es teleoperadora (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · pl telefonistka (a person who operates a telephone switchboard) · gl teleoperadora (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone) · pl telefonistka (a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone)