hostessa

See also: hostessą

Catalan

Etymology

From hoste (“host”) +‎ -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [usˈtɛ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [osˈtə.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [osˈte.sa]
• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Hyphenation: hos‧tes‧sa

Noun

hostessa f (plural hostesses)

1. female equivalent of hoste

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hostess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔsˈtɛs.sa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛssa
• Syllabification: hos‧tes‧sa

Noun

hostessa f (male equivalent host)

1. female equivalent of host (“hostess, promotional model”) (person hired to greet customers and guests of a store, hotel, or institution, and advertise goods or provide assistance, giving the necessary information or pointing the way)

Declension

Declension of hostessa

	singular	plural
nominative	hostessa	hostessy
genitive	hostessy	hostess
dative	hostessie	hostessom
accusative	hostessę	hostessy
instrumental	hostessą	hostessami
locative	hostessie	hostessach
vocative	hostesso	hostessy

Further reading

• hostessa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hostessa in Polish dictionaries at PWN