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English
Etymology
library + -an. First attested around 1710.
Pronunciation
Noun
librarian (plural librarians)
- The keeper, manager of a library.
1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library of 18,000 volumes, and a small but valuable reference library of railway literature; the present writer is Librarian.
- One who cares for the publications, files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer.
- A person who processes and organizes information.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
the manager of a library
- Afrikaans: bibliotekaris m, bibliotekaresse f
- Albanian: bibliotekar (sq) m, bibliotekare (sq) f
- Arabic: أَمِين مَكْتَبَة m (ʔamīn maktaba), أَمِينَةْ مَكْتَبَة f (ʔamīnat maktaba)
- Armenian: գրադարանապետ (hy) (gradaranapet)
- Asturian: bibliotecariu m
- Azerbaijani: kitabxanaçı (az)
- Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар m (biblijatékar), бібліятэ́карка f (biblijatékarka)
- Bulgarian: библиотека́р m (bibliotekár), библиотека́рка f (bibliotekárka)
- Burmese: စာကြည့်တိုက်မှူး (my) (ca-krany.tuikhmu:)
- Catalan: bibliotecari (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 圖書館館長／图书馆馆长 (túshūguǎn guǎnzhǎng)
- Crimean Tatar: kitaphaneci
- Czech: knihovník (cs) m, knihovnice (cs) f
- Danish: bibliotekar (da) c
- Dutch: bibliothecaris (nl) m (chief), bibliothecaresse (nl) f (chief), bibliotheekbeheerder m
- Estonian: raamatukoguhoidja (et)
- Faroese: bókavørður m
- Finnish: kirjastonhoitaja (fi), kirjastonjohtaja
- French: bibliothécaire (fr) m or f
- Galician: bibliotecario (gl) m
- Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკარი (biblioteḳari)
- German: Bibliothekar (de) m, Bibliothekarin (de) f
- Greek: βιβλιοθηκάριος (el) m or f (vivliothikários), βιβλιοθηκονόμος (el) m or f (vivliothikonómos)
- Greenlandic: bibliotekari, atuagaatilerisoq
- Hebrew: סַפְרָן (he) m (safrán), ספרנית f (safranít)
- Hindi: पुस्तकाध्यक्ष m (pustakādhyakṣ), लाइब्रेरियन m (lāibreriyan), पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष m (pustakālyādhyakṣ)
- Hungarian: könyvtáros (hu)
- Icelandic: bókasafnsfræðingur m, bókavörður m
- Indonesian: pustakawan (id)
- Italian: bibliotecario (it) m, bibliotecaria (it) f
- Japanese: 司書 (ja) (ししょ, shisho)
- Kazakh: кітапханашы (kıtapxanaşy)
- Khmer: បណ្ណារក្ស (pannaarak)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: pirtûkxanevan (ku)
- Kyrgyz: китепканачы (kitepkanacı)
- Lao: ບັນນາລັກ (ban nā lak)
- Latvian: bibliotekārs m
- Lithuanian: bibliotekininkas m, bibliotekininkė f
- Luxembourgish: Bibliothecaire m
- Macedonian: библиотекар m (bibliotekar), библиотекарка f (bibliotekarka)
- Malay: pustakawan (ms)
- Manx: lioarlannee m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: bibliotekar (no) m
- Occitan: bibliotecari (oc) m
- Pashto: کتابدار (ps) m (ketābdār)
- Persian: کتابدار (fa) (ketâbdâr)
- Polish: bibliotekarz (pl) m, bibliotekarka (pl) f
- Portuguese: bibliotecário (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀਅਨ m (lāibrerīana)
- Romanian: bibliotecar (ro) m, bibliotecară (ro) f
- Russian: библиоте́карь (ru) m (bibliotékarʹ), библиоте́карша (ru) f (bibliotékarša)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: књи́жнича̄р m, књи́жнича̄рка f, библиотѐка̄р m, библиотѐка̄рка̄ f
- Roman: knjížničār (sh) m, knjížničārka (sh) f, bibliotèkār (sh) m, bibliotèkārkā (sh) f
- Slovak: knihovník m, knihovníčka f, bibliotekár m, bibliotekárka f
- Slovene: knjižničar (sl) m, knjižničarka f
- Sotho: radibuka (st)
- Spanish: bibliotecario (es) m
- Swedish: bibliotekarie (sv) c
- Tagalog: tagaingat-aklatan
- Tajik: китобдор (tg) (kitobdor)
- Tatar: китапханәче (tt) (kitapxanäçe)
- Thai: บรรณารักษ์ (th) (ban-naa-rák)
- Turkish: kütüphaneci (tr), bibliyotekçi (tr)
- Turkmen: kitaphanaçy
- Ukrainian: бібліоте́кар (uk) m (bibliotékar), бібліоте́карка (uk) f (bibliotékarka)
- Uzbek: kutubxonachi (uz)
- Vietnamese: thủ thư (vi)
- Walloon: bibiotekî (wa) m, bibiotecresse (wa) f
- Welsh: llyfrgellydd (cy) m
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one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
- Afrikaans: bibliotekaris
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: գրադարանավար (hy) (gradaranavar)
- Azerbaijani: kitabxanaçı (az)
- Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар m (biblijatékar), бібліятэ́карка f (biblijatékarka)
- Bulgarian: библиотека́р m (bibliotekár), библиотека́рка f (bibliotekárka)
- Catalan: bibliotecari (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 圖書管理員／图书管理员 (zh) (túshū guǎnlǐyuán), 圖書館員／图书馆员 (zh) (túshūguǎnyuán)
- Crimean Tatar: kitaphaneci
- Czech: knihovník (cs) m, knihovnice (cs) f
- Danish: bibliotekar (da) c
- Dutch: (please verify) bibliothecaris (nl) m, (please verify) hulpbibliothecaris m
- Esperanto: bibliotekisto
- Finnish: kirjastonhoitaja (fi)
- French: bibliothécaire (fr) m or f
- Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკარი (biblioteḳari)
- German: Bibliothekar (de) m, Bibliothekarin (de) f
- Greek: βιβλιοθηκάριος (el) m or f (vivliothikários)
- Greenlandic: atuagaatilerisoq, bibliotekari
- Hungarian: könyvtáros (hu)
- Indonesian: pustakawan (id) m, pustakawati f
- Irish: leabharlannaí m
- Japanese: 司書 (ja) (ししょ, shisho), 図書館員 (としょかんいん, toshokan'in)
- Kazakh: кітапханашы (kıtapxanaşy)
- Korean: 사서(司書) (ko) (saseo), 도서관원(圖書館員) (doseogwanwon)
- Kyrgyz: китепканачы (kitepkanacı)
- Luxembourgish: Bibliothecaire m
- Macedonian: библиотекар m (bibliotekar), библиотекарка f (bibliotekarka)
- Malay: pustakawan (ms)
- Manx: lioarlannee m
- Maori: kaitiaki pukapuka
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: bibliotekar (no) m
- Persian: کتابدار (fa) (ketâbdâr)
- Polish: bibliotekarz (pl) m, bibliotekarka (pl) f
- Portuguese: bibliotecário (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀਅਨ m (lāibrerīana)
- Romanian: bibliotecar (ro) m, bibliotecară (ro) f
- Romansch: bibliotecari m
- Russian: библиоте́карь (ru) m (bibliotékarʹ), библиоте́карша (ru) f (bibliotékarša)
- Scottish Gaelic: leabharlannaiche m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: књи́жнича̄р m, књи́жнича̄рка f, библиотѐка̄р m, библиотѐка̄рка̄ f
- Roman: knjížničār (sh) m, knjížničārka (sh) f, bibliotèkār (sh) m, bibliotèkārkā (sh) f
- Slovak: knihovník m, knihovníčka f, bibliotekár m, bibliotekárka f
- Slovene: knjižničar (sl) m, knjižničarka f
- Sotho: radibuka (st)
- Swahili: mkutubi
- Turkish: kütüphaneci (tr)
- Ukrainian: бібліоте́кар (uk) m (bibliotékar), бібліоте́карка (uk) f (bibliotékarka)
- Welsh: llyfrgellydd (cy) m
- Yiddish: ביבליאָטעקער m (biblyoteker), ביבליאָטעקעראין f (biblyotekerin)
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