hostess

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• General-American: /ˈhoʊstɪs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊstəs/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 S T AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English hostesse, from Middle French hostesse, from Old French ostesce, made up of oste (“host”) + -esce (“feminine marker”).

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gasvrou — female host
• Arabic: مُضِيفَة (muḍīfa) — female host
• Armenian: տանտիրուհի (tantiruhi) — female host
• Bats: მასპინძელ (masṗĩʒel) — female host
• Belarusian: гаспады́ня (haspadýnja) — female host
• Belarusian: хазя́йка (xazjájka) — female host
• Bulgarian: домаки́ня (domakínja) — female host
• Bulgarian: хаза́йка (hazájka) — female host
• Catalan: amfitriona — female host
• Chinese Cantonese: 女主人 (neoi5 zyu2 jan4) — female host
• Chinese: 女主人 (lí-chú-lâng) — female host
• Chinese Mandarin: 女主人 (nǚzhǔrén) — female host
• Czech: hostitelka — female host
• Danish: værtinde — female host
• Dutch: gastvrouw — female host
• Esperanto: gastigantino — female host
• Finnish: emäntä — female host
• French: hôtesse — female host
• French: maîtresse de maison — female host
• Georgian: მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli) — female host
• German: Gastgeberin — female host
• German: Wirtin — female host
• Hindi: आतिथेयी (ātitheyī) — female host
• Irish: banóstach — female host
• Japanese: 女主人 (onna shujin) — female host
• Japanese: 女主 — female host
• Korean: 여주인 (yeoju'in) — female host
• Korean: 녀주인 (nyeoju'in) — female host
• Latin: hospita — female host
• Macedonian: дома́ќинка (domáḱinka) — female host
• Mingrelian: მენძელი (menʒeli) — female host
• Norwegian Bokmål: vertinne — female host
• Polish: gospodyni — female host
• Portuguese: anfitriã — female host
• Portuguese: anfitrioa — female host
• Russian: хозя́йка (xozjájka) — female host
• Serbo-Croatian: домаћиница — female host
• Serbo-Croatian: га̏здарица — female host
• Serbo-Croatian: domaćinica — female host
• Serbo-Croatian: gȁzdarica — female host
• Slovak: hostiteľka — female host
• Slovene: gostiteljica — female host
• Spanish: anfitriona — female host
• Svan: მა̈სძელ (mäsʒel) — female host
• Swedish: värdinna — female host
• Ukrainian: господи́ня (hospodýnja) — female host
• Ukrainian: господа́рка (hospodárka) — female host
• Ukrainian: хазя́йка (xazjájka) — female host
• Belarusian: гаспады́ня (haspadýnja) — female innkeeper
• Belarusian: хазя́йка (xazjájka) — female innkeeper
• Bulgarian: ханджи́йка (handžíjka) — female innkeeper
• Catalan: hostalera — female innkeeper
• Czech: hostitelka — female innkeeper
• Danish: værtinde — female innkeeper
• Finnish: emäntä — female innkeeper
• German: Wirtin — female innkeeper
• Ancient Greek: πανδοκεύτρια (pandokeútria) — female innkeeper
• Polish: karczmarka — female innkeeper
• Polish: oberżystka — female innkeeper
• Polish: szynkarka — female innkeeper
• Russian: хозя́йка (xozjájka) — female innkeeper
• Swedish: värdinna — female innkeeper
• Ukrainian: господи́ня (hospodýnja) — female innkeeper
• Ukrainian: господа́рка (hospodárka) — female innkeeper
• Ukrainian: хазя́йка (xazjájka) — female innkeeper
• Belarusian: сцюардэ́са (scjuardésa) — stewardess
• Belarusian: бортправадні́ца (bortpravadníca) — stewardess
• Bulgarian: стюарде́са (stjuardésa) — stewardess
• Catalan: hostessa — stewardess
• Czech: letuška — stewardess
• Czech: stevardka — stewardess
• Esperanto: stevardino — stewardess
• Finnish: lentoemäntä — stewardess
• French: hôtesse de l'air — stewardess
• French: agente de bord — stewardess
• French: stewardess — stewardess
• German: Stewardess — stewardess
• German: Stewardeß — stewardess
• German: Flugbegleiterin — stewardess
• Japanese: スチュワーデス (suchuwādesu) — stewardess
• Japanese: ホステス (hosutesu) — stewardess
• Korean: 스튜어디스 (seutyueodiseu) — stewardess
• Korean: 호스티스 (hoseutiseu) — stewardess
• Korean: 호스테스 (hoseuteseu) — stewardess
• Latvian: stjuarte — stewardess
• Latvian: stjuartese — stewardess
• Lithuanian: stiuardesė — stewardess
• Macedonian: стјуарде́са (stjuardésa) — stewardess
• Polish: stewardesa — stewardess
• Polish: stewardessa — stewardess
• Portuguese: aeromoça — stewardess
• Portuguese: comissária de bordo — stewardess
• Portuguese: comissária de voo — stewardess
• Russian: стюарде́сса (stjuardɛ́ssa) — stewardess
• Russian: стюарде́сса (stjuardéssa) — stewardess
• Russian: бортпроводни́ца (bortprovodníca) — stewardess
• Serbo-Croatian: стјуардѐса — stewardess
• Serbo-Croatian: stjuardèsa — stewardess
• Slovak: letuška — stewardess
• Slovak: stevardka — stewardess
• Slovene: stevardesa — stewardess
• Spanish: azafata — stewardess
• Spanish: aeromoza — stewardess
• Swedish: flygvärdinna — stewardess
• Turkish: hostes — stewardess
• Ukrainian: стюарде́са (stjuardésa) — stewardess
• Ukrainian: бортпровідни́ця (bortprovidnýcja) — stewardess
• German: Hostess — bargirl (a female companion)
• Indonesian: hostes — bargirl (a female companion)
• Indonesian: pramuria — bargirl (a female companion)
• Japanese: ホステス (hosutesu) — bargirl (a female companion)
• Japanese: イベントコンパニオン (ibento konpanion) — bargirl (a female companion)
• Korean: 호스티스 (hoseutiseu) — bargirl (a female companion)
• Korean: 호스테스 (hoseuteseu) — bargirl (a female companion)
• Korean: 도우미 (doumi) — bargirl (a female companion)
• Macedonian: хостеса (hostesa) — bargirl (a female companion)
• Russian: хо́стесс (xóstɛss) — bargirl (a female companion)
• Russian: хо́стес (xóstɛs) — bargirl (a female companion)
• Serbo-Croatian: хостѐса — bargirl (a female companion)
• Serbo-Croatian: hostèsa — bargirl (a female companion)
• Turkish: konsomatris — bargirl (a female companion)
• Ukrainian: пла́тна партне́рка (plátna partnérka) — bargirl (a female companion)