telephonist

te·leph·o·nist

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [tuh-lef-uh-nist, tel-uh-foh-]
- /təˈlɛf ə nɪst, ˈtɛl əˌfoʊ-/
- /təˈlef.ən.ɪst/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tuh-lef-uh-nist, tel-uh-foh-]
- /təˈlɛf ə nɪst, ˈtɛl əˌfoʊ-/

Definitions of telephonist word

noun telephonist a telephone switchboard operator. 1
noun telephonist switchboard operator 1
countable noun telephonist A telephonist is someone who works at a telephone exchange or whose job is to answer the telephone for a business or other organization. 0
noun telephonist a person who operates a telephone switchboard 0
noun telephonist a telephone switchboard operator 0

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Origin of telephonist

First appearance:

before 1875

One of the 25% newest English words

First recorded in 1875-80; telephone + -ist

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Parts of speech for Telephonist

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Telephonist

telephonist popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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