telefonist
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English telephonist. Equivalent to telefoon + -ist.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌteː.lə.foːˈnɪst/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧nist
- Rhymes: -ɪst
Noun
telefonist m (plural telefonisten, feminine telefoniste)
- a telephone operator, a telephonist [from early 1880s]
Derived terms
Estonian
Noun
telefonist
- elative singular of telefon
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French téléphoniste. By surface analysis, telefon + -ist.
Noun
telefonist m (plural telefoniști, feminine equivalent telefonistă)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | telefonist | telefonistul | telefoniști | telefoniștii | |
| genitive-dative | telefonist | telefonistului | telefoniști | telefoniștilor | |
| vocative | telefonistule | telefoniștilor | |||
Further reading
- “telefonist”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- telefònista (Bosnia, Serbia)
Etymology
From telèfōn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /telefǒnist/
- Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧nist
Noun
telefònist m anim (Cyrillic spelling телефо̀нист)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | telefonist | telefonisti |
| genitive | telefonista | telefonista |
| dative | telefonistu | telefonistima |
| accusative | telefonista | telefoniste |
| vocative | telefoniste | telefonisti |
| locative | telefonistu | telefonistima |
| instrumental | telefonistom | telefonistima |
References
- “telefonist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025