clerk

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
2. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
3. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
4. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
5. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
6. (Quakerism) A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
7. (archaic) In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk and Bible clerk).
8. (dated) A cleric or clergyman (the legal title for clergy of the Church of England is "Clerk in Holy Orders", still used in legal documents and cherished by some of their number).
9. (obsolete) A scholar.

Verb

1. To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.
2. To assemble information about a patient during their initial assessment by actions such as a taking a detailed medical history and performing a physical examination.

Concepts

fonctionnaire

clerc

greffier

commis

employé de bureau

🧑‍💼

secrétaire

employé

vendeur

secrétaire particulière

clerc de notaire

ecclésiastique

employée

employé de magasin

vendeur de magasin

vendeuse

auxiliaire de vente

Synonymes

writer

✍️🧑‍🦱

secretary

scribe

accountant

official

shop assistant

employee

salesclerk

amanuensis

salesman

office clerk

shop clerk

cashier

office worker

🧑‍💼

shopman

salesperson

officer

recorder

seller

clerical

civil servant

bureaucrat

government official

scrivener

greengrocer

receptionist

assistant

saleswoman

grocer

file clerk

filing clerk

pen-driver

counting clerk

selling assistant

one who writes

author

bursar

churchman

clergyman

cleric

copyist

court reporter

escritoire

functionary

internship

journalist

novelist

office assistant

officeholder

private secretary

Traductions

oficinista

🧑‍💼

impiegato

kantoorbediende

dependiente

klerk

empleado

Angestellter

escribiente

Büroangestellter

🧑‍💼

funzionario

Angestellte

Verkäufer

segretario

scrivano

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/klɑːk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: clerc

Hérité de ancien anglais: clerc

In summary

From Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus (“priest, clergyman, cleric”, also generally “learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”, adj. in church jargon), from κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, inheritance”, originally “shard used in casting lots”). Doublet of cleric.