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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSchalter
Pronunciation / Transliteration: shahl-ter
"Die Fahrkarten erhalten Sie am Schalter."
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A desk or counter where tickets for travel, events, or attractions are bought or picked up.
"There was a long queue of people waiting at the ticket counter to buy train passes."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'ticket', originating from Old French 'etiquette' (a label or sign), combined with 'counter', coming from Old French 'contor' and Latin 'computare' (to count), originally denoting a table or board on which money was counted. The compound term emerged in the 19th century with the expansion of public transportation networks to designate the specific desk where passes or admissions are sold.
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guichet
Transliteration: gee-shay
"Veuillez acheter vos billets au guichet."
Schalter
Transliteration: shahl-ter
"Die Fahrkarten erhalten Sie am Schalter."
biglietteria
Transliteration: beel-yah-teh-ree-ah
"La biglietteria è aperta dalle otto del mattino."
taquilla
Transliteration: tah-kee-yah
"Compramos los boletos en la taquilla del teatro."
bilheteria
Transliteration: beel-yeh-teh-ree-uh
"A fila na bilheteria estava muito longa."
टिकट काउंटर
Transliteration: tikat kauntar
"रेलवे स्टेशन पर टिकट काउंटर बंद हो गया है।"
售票处
Transliteration: shòupiào chù
"请去售票处买票。"
매표소
Transliteration: maepyoso
"기차표는 매표소에서 살 수 있습니다."
切符売り場
Transliteration: kippu uriba
"切符売り場に行列ができています。"
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