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flight attendant

A person who assists passengers in an aircraft.

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flight attendant

(Professions) a person who attends to the needs of passengers on a commercial flight

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flight′ attend`ant

an airline employee who serves meals and attends to passengers' comfort and safety during a flight.

[1955–60]

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Noun

flight attendant - an attendant on an airplane

steward

attendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

air hostess, stewardess, hostess - a woman steward on an airplane

Translations

مُضِيفُ الطَائِرَة مُضيفَة جوّية

letuškastevard

stewardstewardesse

Flugbegleiter Flugbegleiterin Stewardess

αεροσυνοδός

azafata sobrecargo auxiliar de vuelo

lentoemäntä

hôtesse de l’airsteward

stjuardstjuardesa

assistente di volo hostess

スチュワーデス客室乗務員

비행기 승무원비행기 여승무원

steward stewardess

flyvert flyvertinne

steward stewardesa

assistente de bordo comissária de bordo comissário de bordo

стюардесса бортпроводник

stevardstevardesa

flygvärdinna

เจ้าหน้าที่ต้อนรับบนเครื่องบินพนักงานหญิงบริการบนเครื่องบิน

hostes uçuş hostesi

nữ tiếp viên hàng khôngtiếp viên hàng không

空姐航空乘务员

flight attendant

n (Am) → steward m, hostess f inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

flight attendant

→ مُضِيفُ الطَائِرَة, مُضيفَة جوّية letuška, stevard steward, stewardesse Flugbegleiter, Stewardess αεροσυνοδός auxiliar de vuelo, azafata, sobrecargo lentoemäntä hôtesse de l’air, steward stjuard, stjuardesa assistente di volo, hostess スチュワーデス, 客室乗務員 비행기 승무원, 비행기 여승무원 steward, stewardess flyvert, flyvertinne steward, stewardesa assistente de bordo, comissária de bordo, comissário de bordo бортпроводник, стюардесса flygvärdinna เจ้าหน้าที่ต้อนรับบนเครื่องบิน, พนักงานหญิงบริการบนเครื่องบิน hostes, uçuş hostesi nữ tiếp viên hàng không, tiếp viên hàng không 空姐, 航空乘务员

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