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10 Language-to-English DictionariesOffice clerk
/ˈɒf.ɪs klɑːk/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An office worker who performs general administrative, clerical, and routine organizational duties such as filing, typing, and record-keeping.
"The office clerk organized the new batch of personnel files and answered incoming phone calls." - 2
A person employed in an office to handle correspondence, basic accounting, and data entry.
"She started her corporate career working as an office clerk before being promoted to manager."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'office', derived from the Latin 'officium' meaning a service, duty, or official bureau, and 'clerk', coming from the Latin 'clericus' (a scholar or clergyman, as literacy was historically restricted to the clergy who performed administrative duties). By the modern era, it evolved to designate a low-level administrative employee responsible for routine clerical tasks in an office environment.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Office clerk" is said worldwide
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employé de bureau
Transliteration: emplwa-ye de bu-ro
"L'employé de bureau a classé tous les documents importants."
Büroangestellter
Transliteration: byy-ro-an-ɡə-ʃtɛl-tɐ
"Der Büroangestellte bearbeitete die Rechnungen des Monats."
impiegato d'ufficio
Transliteration: im-pje-ɡa-to duf-fi-tʃo
"L'impiegato d'ufficio ha risposto alle telefonate dei clienti."
empleado de oficina
Transliteration: em-ple-a-do de o-fi-ci-na
"El empleado de oficina organizó los archivos en el armario."
foca de escritório
Transliteration: fɔ-kɐ dɨ is-kɾi-to-ɾju
Script: funcionário de escritório
"O funcionário de escritório preparou os relatórios mensais."
कार्यालय लिपिक
Transliteration: karyalay lipik
"कार्यालय लिपिक ने सभी कागजात व्यवस्थित किए।"
办公室职员
Transliteration: bàn gōng shì zhí yuán
"办公室职员正在核对上个月的账目。"
사무직원
Transliteration: samu-jik-won
"사무직원이 서류를 정리하고 있습니다."
事務員
Transliteration: jimuin
"事務員は毎日書類の整理を行っています。"
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