Standard Lemma guide

stewardess

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈstu.ɚ.dɪs/
  • General-American: /ˈstʊɹ.dɪs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /stjuː.əˈdɛs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstjuː.ə.dɛs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstjuː.ə.dɪs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstjʊə.dɪs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɛs
  • CMU ARPABET: S T UW1 ER0 D AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A female flight attendant (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

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A woman who works at housekeeping and passenger service aboard a ship, yacht, or other type of boat that carries passengers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A female steward (any sense).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a woman steward on an airplane

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: air hostess, hostess

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: steward, flight attendant

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English steward Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-ih2der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English stewardess From steward + -ess (feminine suffix).

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: stjuardesë — female flight attendant
  • Arabic: مُضِيفَةْ طَيَرَان (muḍīfat ṭayarān) — female flight attendant
  • Arabic: مُضِيفَة (muḍīfa) — female flight attendant
  • Arabic: مُضِيفَة جَوِّيَّة (muḍīfa jawwiyya) — female flight attendant
  • Arabic: مضيفة (muḍīfa) — female flight attendant
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܫܲܡܫܵܢܬܵܐ (mšamšāntā) — female flight attendant
  • Armenian: ուղեկցորդուհի (uġekcʻorduhi) — female flight attendant
  • Azerbaijani: stüardessa — female flight attendant
  • Belarusian: сцюардэ́са (scjuardésa) — female flight attendant
  • Belarusian: бортправадні́ца (bortpravadníca) — female flight attendant
  • Bulgarian: стюарде́са (stjuardésa) — female flight attendant
  • Burmese: လေယာဉ်မယ် (leyanymai) — female flight attendant
  • Catalan: hostessa — female flight attendant
  • Chinese Cantonese: 空中小姐 (hung1 zung1 siu2 ze2) — female flight attendant
  • Chinese Cantonese: 空姐 — female flight attendant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空中小姐 (kōngzhōng xiǎojiě) — female flight attendant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空姐 (kōngjiě) — female flight attendant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空乘 (unisex) — female flight attendant
  • Cornish: ostes ayr — female flight attendant
  • Czech: letuška — female flight attendant
  • Czech: stevardka — female flight attendant
  • Danish: stewardesse — female flight attendant
  • Dutch: stewardess — female flight attendant
  • Esperanto: stevardino — female flight attendant
  • Estonian: stjuardess — female flight attendant
  • Finnish: lentoemäntä — female flight attendant
  • French: hôtesse de l'air — female flight attendant
  • French: agente de bord — female flight attendant
  • French: stewardess — female flight attendant
  • Galician: covilleira — female flight attendant
  • Galician: azafata — female flight attendant
  • German: Flugbegleiterin — female flight attendant
  • German: Stewardess — female flight attendant
  • German: Stewardeß — female flight attendant
  • Greek: αεροσυνοδός (aerosynodós) — female flight attendant
  • Hebrew: דַיֶלֶת \ דיילת (dayélet) — female flight attendant
  • Hindi: परिचारिका (paricārikā) — female flight attendant
  • Icelandic: flugfreyja — female flight attendant
  • Ido: stewardino — female flight attendant
  • Indonesian: pramugari — female flight attendant
  • Irish: aeróstach — female flight attendant
  • Japanese: スチュワーデス (suchuwādesu) — female flight attendant
  • Japanese: キャビンアテンダント (kyabin atendanto) — female flight attendant
  • Kazakh: аспансерік (aspanserık) — female flight attendant
  • Korean: 스튜어디스 (seutyueodiseu) — female flight attendant
  • Kyrgyz: стюардесса (styuardessa) — female flight attendant
  • Latvian: stjuarte — female flight attendant
  • Latvian: stjuartese — female flight attendant
  • Lithuanian: stiuardesė — female flight attendant
  • Macedonian: стјуарде́са (stjuardésa) — female flight attendant
  • Malay: pramugari — female flight attendant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flyvertinne — female flight attendant
  • Polish: stewardesa — female flight attendant
  • Polish: stewardessa — female flight attendant
  • Portuguese: aeromoça — female flight attendant
  • Portuguese: hospedeira de bordo — female flight attendant
  • Romanian: stewardesă — female flight attendant
  • Romanian: ospătară — female flight attendant
  • Russian: стюарде́сса (stjuardɛ́ssa) — female flight attendant
  • Russian: стюарде́сса (stjuardéssa) — female flight attendant
  • Russian: бортпроводни́ца (bortprovodníca) — female flight attendant
  • Serbo-Croatian: стјуардѐса — female flight attendant
  • Serbo-Croatian: stjuardèsa — female flight attendant
  • Slovak: letuška — female flight attendant
  • Slovak: stevardka — female flight attendant
  • Slovene: stevardesa — female flight attendant
  • Spanish: aeromoza — female flight attendant
  • Spanish: azafata — female flight attendant
  • Swedish: flygvärdinna — female flight attendant
  • Tajik: стюардесса (styuardessa) — female flight attendant
  • Turkish: hostes — female flight attendant
  • Ukrainian: стюарде́са (stjuardésa) — female flight attendant
  • Ukrainian: бортпровідни́ця (bortprovidnýcja) — female flight attendant
  • Uzbek: styuardessa — female flight attendant
  • Yiddish: סטואַרדקע (stuardke) — female flight attendant
Real reading context

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