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My mother always tells me that when I was a little kid, my first ambition was to be a truck driver, and after that, I went through everything from wanting to be a Prime Minister to an air hostess, but never an actor. So I became one, and it was a great journey. I learnt a lot, worked very hard.
Preity Zinta

Meaning of "air hostess" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AIR HOSTESS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AIR HOSTESS

noun
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conjunction
determiner
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Air hostess is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AIR HOSTESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

air hostess

Flight attendant

Flight attendants or cabin crew are members of an aircrew employed by airlines primarily to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers aboard commercial flights, on select business jet aircraft, and on some military aircraft.

Definition of air hostess in the English dictionary

The definition of air hostess in the dictionary is a stewardess on an airliner Gender-neutral form: flight attendant.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AIR HOSTESS

air filter
air force
Air Force One
air freight
air freshener
air frost
air gas
air guitar
air gun
air hardening
air hole
air inlet
air jacket
air kiss
air lane
air letter
air marshal
air mass
air mattress
air mile

WORDS THAT END LIKE AIR HOSTESS

baronetess
citess
cohostess
countess
dance hostess
giantess
hermitess
high priestess
hostess
interpretess
poetess
prelatess
presidentess
priestess
prophetess
saintess
varletess
viscountess

Synonyms and antonyms of air hostess in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «air hostess» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AIR HOSTESS

Find out the translation of air hostess to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of air hostess from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «air hostess» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

空姐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

azafata
570 millions of speakers

English

air hostess
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एयर होस्टेस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُضيفَة جوّية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стюардесса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

comissária de bordo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিমানবালা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hôtesse de l’air
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pramugari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stewardess
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スチュワーデス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비행기 여승무원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Air hostess
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nữ tiếp viên hàng không
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விமானப் பணிப்பெண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हवाई सुंदरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hava hostes
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hostess
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stewardesa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стюардеса
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stewardesă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αεροσυνοδός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lugwaardin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flygvärdinna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flyvertinne
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of air hostess

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AIR HOSTESS»

The term «air hostess» is regularly used and occupies the 56.189 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AIR HOSTESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about air hostess

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2 QUOTES WITH «AIR HOSTESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word air hostess.
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Shashi Tharoor
I have been a frequent air traveler since I was a few months shy of my sixth birthday, when my parents packed me off to boarding school two plane rides away from home. Those days of being willingly handed from air hostess to air hostess as an 'unaccompanied minor' made me blase about the rigors of air travel.
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Preity Zinta
My mother always tells me that when I was a little kid, my first ambition was to be a truck driver, and after that, I went through everything from wanting to be a Prime Minister to an air hostess, but never an actor. So I became one, and it was a great journey. I learnt a lot, worked very hard.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AIR HOSTESS»

Discover the use of air hostess in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to air hostess and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Confessions Of An Air Hostess
A great love story and a fantastic, loveable heroine combine to make this a romantic novel that's simply not to be missed.
Marisa Mackle, 2008
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Cabin Fever: The Sizzling Secrets of a Virgin Air Hostess
From celebrity tantrums and projectile vomit to classy cocktails in NYC, this is riotous good fun set against a backdrop of exotic locations, with a cast of zany characters (including Sir Richard himself).
Mandy Smith, Stow Nicola, 2014
3
10 Steps to Become and Air Hostess
A Guide Book For Those Aspiring To Make A Career In Airlines An Flight Attendants/Air Hostess.
Vijaya Lukose, 2003
4
Stewardess: Come Fly with Me!
Fun and stylish, Stewardess celebrates the era when air travel was chic and anything but ordinary.
Elissa Stein, 2006
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Nelson's New West Indian Readers
So if there are three seats in each row, the lettering will be A, B, and C. If there are four seats, it will be A, B, C, and D. When a passenger orders a drink, the air hostess notes his number and letter down on her little pad. An air hostess has to be ...
Undine Giuseppi, Gordon Bell, 1999
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Fashion Babylon
A behind-the-scenes tour of the cutthroat side of the fashion industry is co-authored by an anonymous A-list British designer and focuses around the Fashion Week activities of London, Paris, and New York, in a controversial account that ...
Imogen Edwards-Jones, Anonymous, 2007
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A Look Through My Eyes
The air hostess approached us to let us know that we'd be landing within the next fifteen minutes, so we should buckle up. As I looked out the window, all I could see is snow. I had never seen snow before, except at the movies. The hostess ...
Everard Knights, 2011
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The Story of the Night: A Novel
An air hostess came and stood watching me, and then another. I pretended that they were not there. “Are you asthmatic?” one of them asked. I nodded. “It will be okay,” I said. “Could I be moved?” the woman beside me asked. The air hostess ...
Colm Toibin, 2005
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An Autobiography of A Colonial Doctor
I helped the air-hostess with the passengers' evacuation via the rear ofthe plane. There was no fire or panic. When the fire fighters arrived at what appeared to be along time later, I heard one of them say: “Thank God the plane has not caught ...
Cecil Isola, 2011
10
Goa Traffic: none
asked the air hostess. She didn't look as if she had spent the last eight hours clearing up and looking after the whims of a hundred-odd passengers. Dazed, Lisa turned towards her, “No” her first spoken word in eight hours. It came out barely ...
Marissa De Luna, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AIR HOSTESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term air hostess is used in the context of the following news items.
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Air hostess accuses pilot of insulting her
An air hostess of low-cost airline Air India Express has filed a complaint against a senior pilot, accusing him of insulting her at the work place. «The Statesman, Jul 15»
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Air hostess accuses Air India pilot of insulting her
Kochi: An air hostess of low-cost airline Air India Express has filed a complaint against a senior pilot, accusing him of insulting her at the work ... «onmanorama, Jul 15»
3
Air cancel charges
New Delhi, July 5 (PTI): An air hostess of Air India Express has lodged a complaint with Kochi police against a senior pilot, accusing him of ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jul 15»
4
Theatre review: The Persistence of Type, Glasgow
By the time of the first lager lovelies, the air hostess was the aspirational figure who apparently inspired the modern woman. Or at least, as the ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
5
National Nuggets
Kochi: An air hostess of low-cost airline Air India Express has filed a complaint against a senior pilot, accusing him of insulting her at the work ... «The Shillong Times, Jul 15»
6
News Flash: 'Rahul Gandhi misguiding people on food park issue'
3.45 pm: Air hostess of low-cost airline Air India Express files complaint against a senior pilot, accusing him of insulting her at work place. «Oneindia, Jul 15»
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EasyJet air hostess claims cabin crew feel unfairly treated by the …
An easyJet air hostess has told how cabin crew on the airline feel unfairly treated. The girl, who asked not to be named, said: “The issue is that ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Former Kenya Airways air hostess walks to freedom after 13 years in …
NAIROBI: Priscilla Chemutai Kolongei, the former Kenya Airways air hostess convicted and jailed in 2002 for drug trafficking will be set free ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
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From the Archives: July 4th, 1946
B.O.A.C. is peculiar among the air companies in its fidelity to the steward. Other lines have invented, adopted, and publicised the “air hostess. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Can't depose now, 'injured' Chitra tells Odisha police
Chitra Athwani, the former air hostess summoned twice by the Commissionerate Police to appear before it in connection with the arrest of vice ... «Odisha Sun Times, Jul 15»

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