hostess

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hostesse, from Middle French hostesse, from Old French ostesce, made up of oste (“host”) + -esce (“feminine marker”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊstɪs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊstəs/ Hyphenation: host‧ess === Noun === hostess (plural hostesses) A female host. A female innkeeper. Stewardess: a woman steward on an airplane. A bar hostess or bargirl; a paid female companion offering conversation and in some cases sex. (Philippines) A female prostitute. Synonym: girl rented overnight ==== Synonyms ==== hostress (dated) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hostess (third-person singular simple present hostesses, present participle hostessing, simple past and past participle hostessed) To host, as a woman. == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hostess. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔs.tes/* Rhymes: -ɔstes === Noun === hostess f (invariable) stewardess