waitress

English

Etymology

waiter +‎ -ess

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈweɪtɹəs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

waitress (plural waitresses, masculine waiter)

a waitress waitressing

A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.
a waitress in a cocktail bar.

Related terms

wait
waiter

Translations

female waiter

Albanian: kameriere (sq) f, kamariere f
Arabic: نَادِلَة‎ f (nādila), جَرْسُونَة‎ f (garsōna)
Egyptian Arabic: جرسونة‎ f (garsōna)
Armenian: մատուցողուհի (hy) (matucʿołuhi)
Belarusian: афіцыя́нтка f (aficyjántka), ке́льнерка f (kjélʹnjerka)
Bulgarian: ке́лнерка f (kélnerka)
Burmese: စားပွဲထိုး (my) (ca:pwai:htui:) (any gender)
Catalan: cambrera (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女服務生／女服务生 (nǚ fúwùshēng), (any gender) 服務員／服务员 (zh) (fúwùyuán)
Czech: číšnice (cs) f, servírka (cs) f
Danish: servitrice c
Dutch: serveerster (nl)
Esperanto: kelnerino, tabloservistino
Estonian: ettekandja
Finnish: tarjoilija (fi), tarjoilijatar (fi)
French: serveuse (fr) f
Galician: camareira f
Georgian: ოფიციანტი (opicianṭi) (any gender)
German: Kellnerin (de) f
Greek: σερβιτόρα (el) f (servitóra)
Hebrew: מֶלְצַרִית‎ f (meltsarít)
Hindi: वेट्रेस f (veṭres)
Hungarian: pincérnő (hu)
Icelandic: þjónn (is), gengilbeina
Ido: tabloservistino
Irish: banfhreastalaí m, cailín freastail m
Italian: cameriera (it) f
Japanese: ウェイトレス (weitoresu), ウエイトレス (ueitoresu)
Kabuverdianu: enpregada
Kazakh: даяршы әйел (daärşy äiel), даяршы қыз (daärşy qyz)
Khmer: អ្នកបំរើ (nĕək bɑmraə), ស្រីបំរើ (srəybɑmrəə)
Korean: 웨이트리스 (ko) (weiteuriseu)
Kyrgyz: официантка (ofitsiantka)
Lao: ສາວເສີບ (sāo sœ̄p)
Latin: administra f
Latvian: viesmīle f, oficiante f
Lithuanian: padavėja f
Macedonian: келнерка f (kelnerka), конобарка f (konobarka)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: servitrise (no) m or f, serveringsdame f, servitør (no) m
Persian: پیشخدمت‎ (fa) (pišxedmat) (any gender)
Polish: kelnerka (pl) f
Portuguese: empregada (pt) f (Portugal), garçonete (pt) f (Brazil)
Romanian: chelneriță (ro) f, ospătăriță (ro) f
Russian: официа́нтка (ru) f (oficiántka), ке́льнерша (ru) f (kélʹnerša) (rare)
Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann-frithealaidh f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: коноба̀рица f, услужитељка f, ке̏лнерица f
Roman: konobàrica (sh) f, uslužiteljka f, kȅlnerica (sh) f
Slovak: servírka f, čašníčka f
Slovene: natakarica f
Spanish: camarera (es) f, mesera (es) f
Swedish: servitris (sv) c
Tajik: пешхизмат (pešxizmat) (any gender)
Thai: สาวเสิร์ฟ (sǎao-sə̀əp)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: garson (tr), garson kız
Ukrainian: офіціа́нтка f (oficiántka), ке́льнерка f (kélʹnerka)
Urdu: ویٹریس‎ f (veṭres)
Uzbek: ofitsiantka (uz)
Vietnamese: chị hầu bàn
Volapük: jibötan (vo)
Yiddish: קעלנערין‎ f (kelnerin), קעלנערשע‎ f (kelnershe)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Verb

waitress (third-person singular simple present waitresses, present participle waitressing, simple past and past participle waitressed)

(stative) To work as a waitress.
- 2007, Thomas Quealy, M + M
  The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before.

Coordinate terms

waiter

Anagrams

sawtries, waisters