telefonista

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛfonɪsta]

Noun

telefonista m anim (female equivalent telefonistka)

1. telephone operator

Declension

Declension of telefonista (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	telefonista	telefonisté, telefonisti
genitive	telefonisty	telefonistů
dative	telefonistovi	telefonistům
accusative	telefonistu	telefonisty
vocative	telefonisto	telefonisté, telefonisti
locative	telefonistovi	telefonistech
instrumental	telefonistou	telefonisty

Further reading

• “telefonista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “telefonista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “telefonista”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Italian

Etymology

From telefono +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.le.foˈni.sta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧nì‧sta

Noun

telefonista m or f by sense (masculine plural telefonisti, feminine plural telefoniste)

1. switchboard operator; telephonist

Anagrams

• telefonasti

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.le.foˈnis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.le.foˈnis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /te.le.foˈniʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.le.foˈnis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.lɨ.fuˈniʃ.tɐ/

Noun

telefonista m or f by sense (plural telefonistas)

1. telephone operator, telephonist (person who operates a telephone switchboard)
2. telephone operator, telephonist (person who provides information or takes messages via the telephone)

Further reading

• “telefonista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “telefonista”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “telefonista”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /telefoˈnista/ [t̪e.le.foˈnis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: te‧le‧fo‧nis‧ta

Noun

telefonista m or f by sense (plural telefonistas)

1. telephone operator, telephonist (person who operates a telephone switchboard)

   Synonym: teleoperador

2. telephone operator, telephonist (person who provides information or takes messages via the telephone)

Further reading

• “telefonista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “telefonista” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.