teller

guichetier, guichetière

Employé de banque qui reçoit l’argent des clients et leur en remet.

En anglais simple : A bank worker who takes in and gives out money to customers.

• The teller counted my money.
• I asked the bank teller to deposit the cheque.
• Two tellers were serving customers at the counter.

Synonymes : bank cashier, bank clerk

Expressions courantes : bank teller, teller window, ask the teller

conteur, conteuse

Personne qui raconte des histoires à d’autres personnes.

En anglais simple : A person who tells stories to other people.

• He is a gifted teller of stories.
• The children listened closely to the teller.
• Several tellers shared old village legends at the festival.

Comment l'utiliser : a teller of something (She was a wonderful teller of traditional tales.)

Synonymes : storyteller, narrator

Expressions courantes : teller of stories, teller of tales, gifted teller

caissier, caissière

Employé d’un magasin ou d’une autre entreprise qui encaisse les paiements des clients.

En anglais simple : A worker in a shop or other business who receives customers' payments.

• The shop's teller gave me change.
• She paid the teller for her purchases.
• A teller at the theatre counted the evening's cash.

Synonymes : cashier

Expressions courantes : shop teller, teller at something, pay the teller

scrutateur, scrutatrice

Personne qui compte les votes lors d’une élection ou d’une réunion.

En anglais simple : A person who counts votes in an election or meeting.

• The tellers counted the votes.
• We appointed two tellers before the election.
• A teller checked each ballot before announcing the result.

Synonymes : vote counter, scrutineer

Expressions courantes : election teller, appoint a teller, ballot teller