cleaner

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.nɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkliː.nə/
• Rhymes: -iːnə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

clean +‎ -er (“agent noun”)

Noun

cleaner (plural cleaners)

1. A person whose occupation is to clean floors, windows and other things.
2. A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
3. A substance used for cleaning, a cleaning agent.
4. (in the plural) A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).

   I'll have to take this shirt to the cleaners.

Derived terms

• cleaner fish
• vacuum cleaner

Related terms

• (sense 3) cleanser
• take to the cleaners

Translations

person who cleans

• Armenian: հավաքարար (hy) (havakʿarar)
• Basque: garbitzaile (eu)
• Bulgarian: чистач m (čistač), чистачка (bg) f (čistačka)
• Catalan: netejador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 清潔工 (zh), 清洁工 (zh) (qīngjiégōng)

• Czech: uklízeč m, uklízečka f
• Finnish: siivooja (fi)
• French: nettoyeur (fr) m
• Galician: limpador (gl) m
• German: Reinigungskraft f
• Hungarian: takarító, takarítónő (hu)

• Japanese: 清掃員 (seisōin)
• Norman: nettisseux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: renholder (no) m, reinholder m

  Nynorsk: reinhaldar m

• 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, f
• Serbo-Croatian: čìstāč (sh) m, čistàčica (sh) f
• Volapük: (♂♀) klinükan, (♂) hiklinükan, (♀) jiklinükan (vo)

device that cleans

• Finnish: puhdistin; imuri (fi) (vacuum cleaner)
• French: nettoyeur (fr) m
• Hungarian: takarítógép

• Norman: nettisseux m
• Portuguese: limpador m
• Romanian: aspirator (ro) n (vacuum cleaner)

substance used for cleaning

• Finnish: puhdistusaine
• French: nettoyant (fr) m
• German: Reiniger m
• Hungarian: tisztítószer (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rengjøringsmiddel n

• Romanian: detergent (ro) m
• Russian: очисти́тель (ru) m (očistítelʹ)
• Swedish: rengöringsmedel (sv) n

professional laundry

• Finnish: pesula (fi)
• French: pressing (fr) m
• Hungarian: tisztító (hu), vegytisztító (hu)

• Portuguese: lavanderia (pt) f
• Romanian: curățătorie (ro) f

Etymology 2

clean + -er

Adjective

cleaner

1. comparative form of clean: more clean

Anagrams

• Carlene, reclean