telefonista

See also: telefonistą

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), 2008–2026

Italian

Etymology

From telefono +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.le.foˈnis.ta/
• 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

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Polish telefon

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Polish -ista

Polish telefonista

From telefon + -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.lɛ.fɔˈɲis.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: te‧le‧fo‧nis‧ta

Noun

telefonista m pers (female equivalent telefonistka)

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

Declension

Declension of telefonista

	singular	plural
nominative	telefonista	telefoniści/telefonisty (deprecative)
genitive	telefonisty	telefonistów
dative	telefoniście	telefonistom
accusative	telefonistę	telefonistów
instrumental	telefonistą	telefonistami
locative	telefoniście	telefonistach
vocative	telefonisto	telefoniści

Related terms

adjectives

• telefoniczny

nouns

• telefon
• telefonia
• telefonik

verbs

• telefonować impf

Further reading

• “telefonista”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “telefonista”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

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/

• (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 Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “telefonista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “telefonista”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “telefonista”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “telefonista” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.