laundry

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Etymology

From Old French lavanderie. See launder.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɔːn.dri/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlɔn.dri/
• (cot–caught merger, northern cities vowel shift) IPA: /ˈlɑn.dri/

• Audio (US cot-caught merged)

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Noun

laundry (plural laundries)

1. A laundering; a washing.
2. A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.
3. That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.

   You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.

Derived terms

Terms derived from laundry

dirty laundry laundry basket laundry chute laundryless

laundry list laundry mark laundryman laundrymat

laundrywoman

Translations

laundering; washing

• Arabic: غسيل (ar) (ġasīl) m
• Armenian: լվացք (hy) (lvac’k’)
• Bulgarian: пране (bg) (práne) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗衣 (cmn) (xǐyī), 洗濯 (cmn) (xǐzhuó)

• Czech: praní (cs) n
• Dutch: was (nl) m
• Ewe: nunyanya
• Finnish: pyykkäys (fi), pyykkääminen (fi)
• French: blanchisserie (fr) f, blanchissage (fr) m
• German: Wäsche (de) f, Wäscherei (de) f, Waschen (de) n
• Greek: πλύσιμο (el) (plýsimo) n, μπουγάδα (el) (bougáda) f
• Hungarian: mosás (hu)

• Italian: bucato (it) m
• Japanese: 洗濯 (ja) (せんたく, sentaku)
• Korean: 세탁 (ko) (setak) (洗濯 (ko)), 빨래 (ko) (ppallae)
• Norwegian: klesvask (no) m, vaskerom (no) n
• Polish: pranie (pl) n
• Russian: стирка (ru) (stírka) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: прање (sh) n

  Roman: pranje (sh) n

• Slovak: prádlo (sk) n, pranie (sk) n
• Spanish: colada (es) f
• Swedish: tvätt (sv) c
• Turkish: yıkama, çamaşır yıkama

place or room where laundering is done

• Arabic: مصبغة (ar) (máṣbaġa) f, مغسلة (ar) (máġsala) f
• Armenian: լվացքատուն (hy) (lvac’k’atun)
• Bulgarian: пералня (bg) (perálnja) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗衣房 (cmn) (xǐyīfáng), 洗衣店 (cmn) (xǐyīdiàn)

• Czech: prádelna (cs) f
• Dutch: wasserij (nl) f
• Faroese: vaskarí (fo) n
• Finnish: pesutupa (fi), pesula (fi)
• French: laverie (fr) f, buanderie (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Waschküche (de) f, Waschsalon (de) m
• Greek: πλυσταριό (el) (plystarió) n, πλυντήριο (el) (plyntírio) n
• Ido: laverio (io)
• Italian: lavanderia (it) f

• Japanese: ランドリー (ja) (randorī), 洗濯屋 (ja) (せんたくや, sentakuya)
• Korean: 세탁실 (ko) (setaksil)
• Luxembourgish: Wäschkichen (lb) f
• Norwegian: vaskerom (no) n
• Polish: pralnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: lavanderia (pt), área de serviço (pt)
• Russian: прачечная (ru) (práčečnaja) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: праоница (sh) f, перионица (sh) f

  Roman: praonica (sh) f, perionica (sh) f

• Slovak: práčovňa (sk) f
• Spanish: lavandería (es) f
• Swedish: tvättstuga (sv) c
• Turkish: çamaşırhane (tr)

that which needs to be laundered

• Arabic: مغسلة (ar) (máġsala) m
• Armenian: լվացք (hy) (lvac’k’)
• Bulgarian: пране (bg) (práne) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 要洗的衣服 (cmn) (yào xǐ de yīfu)

• Czech: prádlo (cs) n
• Danish: vasketøj (da) n
• Dutch: was (nl) m, wasgoed (nl) n
• Ewe: nunyanya
• Finnish: pyykki (fi)
• French: lessive (fr) f, linge (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Wäsche (de) f
• Greek: άπλυτα (el) (áplyta) n pl
• Italian: bucato (it) m

• Japanese: 洗濯物 (ja) (せんたくもの, sentakumono)
• Jèrriais: lînge m
• Korean: 세탁물 (ko) (setangmul)
• Luxembourgish: Wäsch (lb)
• Norwegian: skittentøy (no) n
• Polish: rzeczy (pl) f pl do prania
• Portuguese: roupa suja (pt) f
• Russian: бельё (ru) (belʹjó) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рубље (sh) n

  Roman: rublje (sh) n

• Spanish: ropa sucia f, lavado m, colada (es) f
• Swedish: tvätt (sv) c
• Turkish: çamaşır (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: lavotaĵoj, lavitaĵoj
• Kurdish: balav (ku) f

• Portuguese: lavagem (1), lavandaria f (2)
• Romanian: rufă f