hostess

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Etymology

Middle English hostesse, from Middle French hostesse, from Old French ostesce, made up of oste (“host”) + -esce (“feminine marker”).

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Noun

hostess (plural hostesses)

1. A female host.
2. A female innkeeper.
3. Stewardess: a woman steward on an airplane.
4. a bar hostess or bargirl, a paid, female companion offering conversation and in some cases sex.

Derived terms

• hostess trolley

Translations

female host

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女主人 (cmn) (nǚzhǔrén)

• Czech: hostitelka (cs) f
• Danish: værtinde (da) c
• Esperanto: gastigantino (eo)
• Finnish: emäntä (fi)
• French: hôtesse (fr) f, maîtresse de maison (fr)

• German: Gastgeberin (de) f, Wirtin (de) f
• Irish: banóstach (ga) m
• Korean: 여주인 (ko) (yeoju-in)
• Portuguese: anfitriã (pt) f, anfitrioa (pt) f
• Russian: хозяйка (ru) (xozjájka) f
• Swedish: värdinna (sv) c

female innkeeper

• Czech: hostitelka (cs) f
• Danish: værtinde (da) c
• Finnish: emäntä (fi)

• German: Wirtin (de) f
• Russian: хозяйка (ru) (xozjájka) f
• Swedish: värdinna (sv) c

stewardess

• Czech: letuška (cs) f
• Finnish: lentoemäntä (fi)
• French: hôtesse de l'air (fr) f
• Portuguese: aeromoça (pt) f, comissária de bordo (pt) f, comissária de voo (pt) f

• Russian: стюардесса (ru) (stjuardɛ́ssa, stjuardéssa) f
• Spanish: azafata (es)
• Swedish: flygvärdinna (sv) c
• Turkish: hostes (tr)

bargirl (a female companion)

• German: Hostess (de) f
• Japanese: ホステス (ja) (hosutesu), (event compagnon) イベントコンパニオン (ja) (ibentokonpanion)

• Korean: 호스티스 (ko) (hoseutiseu), 도우미 (ko) (doumi)
• Russian: хостесс (ru) (xóstɛss) f (indeclinable), хостес (ru) (xóstɛs) f (indeclinable)