stewardess

English

/ˈstu.ɚ.dɪs/, /stjuː.əˈdɛs/

noun

Definitions

A female flight attendant a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.

Etymology

Suffix from English steward.

Origin

English

steward

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

steward English
stewardless English
stewardlike English
stewardly English
stewardry English
stewardship English
stewardsman English
sty English
ward English
Stewardess German
steward Dutch, Flemish
stewardess Dutch, Flemish
steward French
стюард Russian
стюардесса Russian
stuert Norwegian Bokmål
スチュワーデス Japanese
スチュワード Japanese
steward Polish
stewardesa Polish
stuert Norwegian Nynorsk
steward Middle English
steward Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
stewardesă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
스튜어디스 Korean