hôtesse de l'air

/o.tɛs də lɛʁ/

la noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les hôtesses de l'air

Meaning

  1. flight attendant (female)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

steward

Gendered pair for the same job: hôtesse de l'air is a female flight attendant, steward is a male flight attendant.

Similar in other languages

German

Stewardess

Stewardess is the German word for the same thing — both mean "flight attendant (female)."

Practice

1 What does hôtesse de l'air mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'___ de l'air distribue les plateaux-repas.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hôtesse de l'air?

noun

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