ironing

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪənɪŋ

Verb

ironing

1. present participle and gerund of iron

Noun

ironing (countable and uncountable, plural ironings)

1. The act of pressing clothes with an iron, such as a steam iron.

   I hate ironing.

2. Laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed.

   I really should make a start on the ironing soon.

3. Laundry that has recently been ironed.

   I really should put the ironing away.

Derived terms

• breast ironing
• extreme ironing
• ironing basket
• ironing board
• ironing cloth
• ironing machine
• ironing pad
• ironing room

 

Translations

act of pressing clothes with an iron

• Bulgarian: гладене n (gladene)
• Catalan: planxada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熨燙／熨烫 (yùntàng)

• Dutch: strijken (nl) n
• Finnish: silitys (fi), silittäminen (fi)
• French: repassage (fr) m
• German: Bügeln (de) n
• Greek: σιδέρωμα (el) n (sidéroma)
• Hungarian: vasalás (hu)
• Italian: lo stirare (it) m
• Japanese: アイロン掛け (アイロンがけ, airongake)
• Korean: 다리미질 (ko) (darimijil), 다림질 (ko) (darimjil)
• Macedonian: пеглање n (peglanje)
• Norman: féthage m
• Polish: prasowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: passagem a ferro f
• Russian: гла́женье (ru) n (gláženʹje), гла́жка (ru) f (glážka), утю́жка (ru) f (utjúžka)
• Slovak: žehlenie
• Spanish: acción de planchar (es)
• Swedish: strykning (sv) c
• Telugu: ఇస్తిరి (te) (istiri)
• Ukrainian: прасування (uk) n (prasuvannja)

laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed

• Bulgarian: дрехи за гладене (drehi za gladene)
• Dutch: strijkgoed (nl) n
• French: vêtements à repasser m pl
• German: Bügelwäsche (de) f
• Italian: vestiti da stirare m pl
• Russian: бельё для гла́жки n (belʹjó dlja glážki)
• Slovak: žehlenie
• Swedish: stryktvätt c

laundry that has recently been ironed

• Bulgarian: изгладени дрехи (izgladeni drehi)
• Dutch: strijkgoed (nl) n
• French: vêtements repassés m pl
• German: Bügelwäsche (de) f
• Italian: vestiti stirati m pl
• Russian: вы́глаженное бельё n (výglažennoje belʹjó)
• Slovak: žehlenie
• Swedish: strykt (sv) tvätt (sv) c

See also

• presser, pressing

Anagrams

• roining