English [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] clean -er ( “ agent noun ” )
cleaner (plural cleaners
A person whose occupation is to clean floors, windows and other things.
A device that cleans , such as the vacuum cleaner .
A substance used for cleaning , a cleaning agent.
( in the plural ) A professional laundry or dry cleaner ( business ) . ( This form is now interpreted as plural and usually spelled without an apostrophe, even in official usage, to justify the removal of the apostrophe. It was traditionally spelled cleaner's go to the doctor's , which cannot be reinterpreted as plural. )
I'll have to take this shirt to the cleaners . ( slang ) A hitman ; a hired assassin , usually in the employ of an organized crime syndicate, such as the mafia .Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
person who cleans
Albanian: pastrues (sq) m pastruese (sq) f
Arabic: مُنَظِّف m ( munaẓẓif ) , مُنَظِّفَة f ( munaẓẓifa )
Armenian: հավաքարար (hy) ( havakʿarar )
Azerbaijani: süpürgəçi
Basque: garbitzaile (eu)
Belarusian: убіра́льнік m ( ubirálʹnik ) , убіра́льніца f ( ubirálʹnica ) , прыбіра́льнік m ( prybirálʹnik ) , прыбіра́льніца f ( prybirálʹnica ) , прыбіра́льшчык m ( prybirálʹščyk ) , прыбіра́льшчыца f ( prybirálʹščyca )
Bulgarian: чиста́ч m ( čistáč ) , чиста́чка (bg) f ( čistáčka )
Catalan: netejador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清潔工 (zh) , 清洁工 (zh) ( qīngjiégōng )
Czech: uklízeč m uklízečka (cs) f
Danish: pudser c skraldemand c
Dutch: schoonmaker (nl) m schoonmaakster (nl) f
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: koristaja
Finnish: siivooja (fi) , siistijä (fi)
French: nettoyeur (fr) m nettoyeuse (fr) f
Galician: limpador (gl) m
Georgian: დამლაგებელი ( damlagebeli ) , მწმენდავი ( mc̣mendavi )
German: Reinigungskraft f Gebäudereiniger m ( building ) , Gebäudereinigerin f Putzfrau (de) f ( charwoman ) , Putzmann (de) m
Greek: καθαριστής (el) m ( katharistís ) , καθαρίστρια (el) f ( katharístria )
Ancient: καθαρτής m ( kathartḗs )
Hebrew: מְנַקֶּה m ( menaké )
Hindi: क्लीनर m ( klīnar ) , सफ़ाईकार m ( safāīkār )
Hungarian: takarító takarítónő (hu) , bejárónő (hu)
Italian: addetto alle pulizie m addetta alle pulizie f
Japanese: 清掃員 ( せいそういん, seisōin ) , 掃除婦 ( そうじふ, sōjifu ) ( woman )
Kazakh: сыпырушы ( sıpırwşı ) , тазалаушы ( tazalawşı )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 청소부(淸掃夫) ( cheongsobu ) , 청소부(淸掃婦) ( cheongsobu ) ( woman )
Kyrgyz: тазалагыч (ky) ( tazalağıç )
Latvian: apkopējs m apkopēja f
Lithuanian: valytojas m valytoja f
Macedonian: чистач m ( čistač ) , чистачка f ( čistačka )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: цэвэрлэгч (mn) ( tseverlegch )
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Norman: nettisseux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: renholder (no) m reinholder m
Nynorsk: reinhaldar m
Persian: نظافتچی (fa) ( nezâfatči )
Polish: sprzątacz (pl) m sprzątaczka (pl) f
Portuguese: limpador m
Romanian: om de serviciu m femeie de serviciu f
Russian: убо́рщик (ru) m ( ubórščik ) , убо́рщица (ru) f ( ubórščica )
Scottish Gaelic: neach-glanaidh m or f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: чѝста̄ч m чиста̀чица f
Roman: čìstāč (sh) m čistàčica (sh) f
Slovak: upratovač m upratovačka f
Slovene: čistilec m čistilka f snažilec m snažilka f
Spanish: limpiador m
Swedish: städare (sv) c städerska (sv) c ( woman )
Tagalog: tagalinis
Tajik: фаррош ( farroš )
Tatar: җыештыручы (tt) ( cıyeştıruçı )
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: temizlikçi (tr) , hademe (tr)
Ukrainian: прибира́льник (uk) m ( prybyrálʹnyk ) , прибира́льниця (uk) f ( prybyrálʹnycja )
Uzbek: farrosh (uz) , tozalovchi (uz)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) klinükan ( ♂ ) hiklinükan ( ♀ ) jiklinükan (vo)
substance used for cleaning
Etymology 2 [ edit ] clean + -er
Adjective [ edit ] cleaner
comparative form of clean clean Anagrams [ edit ] 
