waitress

English

Etymology

waiter +‎ -ess

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪtɹəs/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

waitress (plural waitresses, masculine waiter)

a waitress waitressing

1. A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.

   a waitress in a cocktail bar.

Derived terms

• cocktail waitress
• waitress mom
• wine waitress

 

Related terms

• wait
• waiter

Translations

female waiter

• Albanian: kameriere (sq) f, kamariere f
• Arabic: نَادِلَة f (nādila), جَرْسُونَة f (garsōna)

  Egyptian Arabic: جرسونة f (garsōna)

• Armenian: մատուցողուհի (hy) (matucʻoġuhi)
• Belarusian: афіцыя́нтка f (aficyjántka), ке́льнерка f (kjélʹnjerka)
• Bulgarian: ке́лнерка f (kélnerka)
• Burmese: စားပွဲထိုး (my) (ca:pwai:htui:) (any gender)
• Catalan: cambrera (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女服務生／女服务生 (nǚ fúwùshēng), (any gender) 服務員／服务员 (zh) (fúwùyuán)

• Czech: číšnice (cs) f, servírka (cs) f
• Danish: servitrice c
• Dutch: serveerster (nl)
• Esperanto: kelnerino, tabloservistino
• Estonian: ettekandja
• Finnish: tarjoilija (fi), tarjoilijatar (fi)
• French: serveuse (fr) f
• Galician: camareira f
• Georgian: ოფიციანტი (opicianṭi) (any gender)
• German: Kellnerin (de) f
• Greek: σερβιτόρα (el) f (servitóra)
• Hebrew: מֶלְצַרִית f (meltsarít)
• Hindi: वेट्रेस f (veṭres)
• Hungarian: pincérnő (hu)
• Icelandic: þjónn (is), gengilbeina
• Ido: tabloservistino
• Ingrian: taritsija
• Irish: banfhreastalaí m, cailín freastail m
• Italian: cameriera (it) f
• Japanese: ウェイトレス (weitoresu), ウエイトレス (ueitoresu)
• Kabuverdianu: enpregada
• Kazakh: даяршы әйел (daärşy äiel), даяршы қыз (daärşy qyz)
• Khmer: អ្នកបំរើ (nĕək bɑmraə), ស្រីបំរើ (srəybɑmrəə)
• Korean: 웨이트리스 (ko) (weiteuriseu)
• Kyrgyz: официантка (ofitsiantka)
• Lao: ສາວເສີບ (sāo sœ̄p)
• Latin: administra f
• Latvian: viesmīle f, oficiante f
• Lithuanian: padavėja f
• Macedonian: келнерка f (kelnerka), конобарка f (konobarka)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: servitrise (no) m or f, serveringsdame f, servitør (no) m

• Persian: پیشخدمت (fa) (pišxedmat) (any gender)
• Polish: kelnerka (pl) f
• Portuguese: empregada (pt) f (Portugal), garçonete (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: chelneriță (ro) f, ospătăriță (ro) f
• Russian: официа́нтка (ru) f (oficiántka), ке́льнерша (ru) f (kélʹnerša) (rare)
• Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann-frithealaidh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: коноба̀рица f, услужитељка f, ке̏лнерица f

  Roman: konobàrica (sh) f, uslužiteljka f, kȅlnerica (sh) f

• Slovak: servírka f, čašníčka f
• Slovene: natakarica f
• Spanish: camarera (es) f, mesera (es) f
• Swedish: servitris (sv) c
• Tajik: пешхизмат (pešxizmat) (any gender)
• Thai: สาวเสิร์ฟ (sǎao-sə̀əp)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: garson (tr), garson kız
• Ukrainian: офіціа́нтка f (oficiántka), ке́льнерка f (kélʹnerka)
• Urdu: ویٹریس f (veṭres)
• Uzbek: ofitsiantka (uz)
• Vietnamese: chị hầu bàn
• Volapük: jibötan (vo)
• Yiddish: קעלנערין f (kelnerin), קעלנערשע f (kelnershe)
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Verb

waitress (third-person singular simple present waitresses, present participle waitressing, simple past and past participle waitressed)

1. (stative) To work as a waitress.
   • 2007, Thomas Quealy, M + M:

     The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before.

Coordinate terms

• waiter

Anagrams

• sawtries, waisters