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flight attendant

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: steward, cabin attendant

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an attendant on an airplane

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: steward

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: attendant, attender, tender

Narrower terms: stewardess, air hostess, hostess

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Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: stjuard — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Albanian: stjuardesë — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Arabic: مُضِيف (muḍīf) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Arabic: مُضِيفَة (muḍīfa) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Arabic: مُضِيف طَيَرَان (muḍīf ṭayarān) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Arabic: مُضِيفَةْ طَيَرَان (muḍīfat ṭayarān) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Arabic: مُضِيف جَوِّيّ (muḍīf jawwiyy) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Arabic: مُضِيفَة جَوِّيَّة (muḍīfa jawwiyya) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Armenian: ուղեկցորդ (uġekcʻord) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Armenian: բորտուղեկցորդ (bortuġekcʻord) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Azerbaijani: stüard — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Azerbaijani: stüardessa — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Belarusian: бортправадні́к (bortpravadník) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Belarusian: бортправадні́ца (bortpravadníca) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Belarusian: сцю́ард (scjúard) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Belarusian: сцюардэ́са (scjuardésa) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Bengali: স্টুয়ার্ড (sṭuẏarḍo) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Bulgarian: стюа́рд (stjuárd) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Bulgarian: стюарде́са (stjuardésa) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Burmese: လေယာဉ်မောင် (leyanymaung) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Burmese: လေယာဉ်မယ် (leyanymai) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Catalan: hostessa — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Catalan: cambrer d'avions — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空中乘務員 /空中乘务员 (kōngzhōng chéngwùyuán) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空中服務員 /空中服务员 (kōngzhōng fúwùyuán) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空乘 (kōngchéng) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空服員 /空服员 (kōngfúyuán) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空姐 (kōngjiě) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Czech: letuška — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Czech: stevard — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Czech: stevardka — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Danish: steward — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Danish: stewardesse — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Dutch: steward — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Dutch: stewardess — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Erzya: ливтязор (livťazor) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Erzya: ливтязорава (livťazorava) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Estonian: stjuuard — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Estonian: lennusaatja — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Estonian: stjuardess — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Estonian: reisisaatja — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Finnish: lentoemäntä — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Finnish: stuertti — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • French: steward — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • French: hôtesse de l'air — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • French: agent de bord — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • French: agente de bord — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • French: stewardess — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Galician: azafata de voo — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Georgian: სტიუარდი (sṭiuardi) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Georgian: სტიუარდესა (sṭiuardesa) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • German: Flugbegleiter — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • German: Flugbegleiterin — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • German: Steward — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • German: Stewardess — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Greek: αεροσυνοδός (aerosynodós) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Hawaiian: kuene mokulele — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Hebrew: דייל \ דַּיָּל (dayál) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Hebrew: דיילת (dayélet) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Hindi: उड़ान परिचर (uṛān paricar) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Hindi: केबिन कर्मीदल (kebin karmīdal) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Hindi: भंडारिन (bhaṇḍārin) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Hungarian: utaskísérő — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Hungarian: légiutas-kísérő — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Icelandic: flugþjónn — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Icelandic: flugfreyja — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Ido: stewardulo — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Indonesian: pramugara — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Indonesian: pramugari — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Irish: aeróstach — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Italian: assistente di volo — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Japanese: 客室乗務員 (kyakushitsu jomuin) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Japanese: CA (shī ē) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Japanese: キャビンアテンダント (kyabin atendanto) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Japanese: キャビンクルー (kyabin kurū) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Kazakh: аспансерік (aspanserık) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Khmer: អ្នកបំរើយន្តហោះ (nĕək bɑmraə yŭən hɑh) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Korean: 항공 승무원 (hanggong seungmuwon) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Korean: 캐빈 크루 (kaebin keuru) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Korean: 스튜어드 (seutyueodeu) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Korean: 스튜어디스 (seutyueodiseu) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Korean: 에어 호스트 (eeo hoseuteu) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Korean: 에어 호스티스 (eeo hoseutiseu) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Kyrgyz: бортпроводник (bortprovodnik) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Kyrgyz: стюард (styuard) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Kyrgyz: стюардесса (styuardessa) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Kyrgyz: асманшерик (asmanşerik) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Kyrgyz: абакошчу (abakoşcu) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Latvian: stjuarts — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Latvian: stjuarte — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Latvian: stjuartese — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Lithuanian: stiuardas — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Lithuanian: stiuardesė — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Lithuanian: lėktuvo palydovas — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Lithuanian: lėktuvo palydovė — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Macedonian: стјуард (stjuard) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Macedonian: стјуарде́са (stjuardésa) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Malay: pramugara — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Malay: pramugari — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Māori: kaitaurima rererangi — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flyvert — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flyvertinne — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ст'юард (st'juard) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ст'юардеса (st'juardesa) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Dari: اِسْتُوَرْد (istuward) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Iranian Persian: مِهْمانْدارِ هَواپِیْما (mehmândâr-e havâpeymâ) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Iranian Persian: مِهْمانْدار (mehmândâr) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Iranian Persian: اِسْتُوَرْد (estovard) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Polish: steward — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Polish: stewardesa — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Polish: stewardessa — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Portuguese: comissário de bordo — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Portuguese: comissária de bordo — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Romanian: steward — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Romanian: stewardesă — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Russian: бортпроводни́к (bortprovodník) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Russian: бортпроводни́ца (bortprovodníca) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Russian: стю́ард (stjúard) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Russian: стюа́рд (stjuárd) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Russian: стюарде́сса (stjuardɛ́ssa) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Russian: стюарде́сса (stjuardéssa) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Serbo-Croatian: стју̏а̄рд — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Serbo-Croatian: стјуардѐса — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Serbo-Croatian: stjȕārd — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Serbo-Croatian: stjuardèsa — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Slovak: letuška — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Slovak: stevard — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Slovak: stevardka — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Slovene: stevard — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Slovene: stevardesa — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Lower Sorbian: steward — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Lower Sorbian: stewardes — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Lower Sorbian: stewardesa — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Spanish: azafata — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Spanish: azafato — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Spanish: aeromoza — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Spanish: moza — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Spanish: aeromozo — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Spanish: mozo — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Spanish: auxiliar de vuelo — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Swedish: flygvärdinna — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Swedish: purser — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Swedish: flygvärd — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Tajik: стюард (styuard) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Tajik: стюардесса (styuardessa) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Thai: พนักงานต้อนรับบนเครื่องบิน (pá-nák-ngaan-dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp bon krʉ̂ʉang-bin) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Thai: สจ๊วต — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Thai: สจ๊วตเดส — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Thai: แอร์โฮสต์ — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Thai: แอร์โฮสเตส — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Thai: พนักงานต้อนรับ (pá-nák-ngaan-dtɔ̂ɔn-ráp) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Turkish: hostes — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Turkish: kabin görevlisi — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Turkish: uçuş görevlisi — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Ukrainian: бортпровідни́к (bortprovidnýk) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Ukrainian: бортпровідни́ця (bortprovidnýcja) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Ukrainian: стю́ард (stjúard) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Ukrainian: стюарде́са (stjuardésa) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Uzbek: bortprovodnik — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Uzbek: styuard — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Uzbek: styuardessa — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Vietnamese: tiếp viên hàng không — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Welsh: stiward — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Welsh: stiwardes — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Yiddish: סטואַרד (stuard) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers
  • Yiddish: סטואַרדקע (stuardke) — member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers