cleaner

English

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkliː.nɚ/
• Rhymes: -iːnə(r)

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 cleaning detergent.
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

• take to the cleaners

Translations

person who cleans

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

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

• Czech: uklízeč m, uklízečka f
• Finnish: siivooja (fi)
• French: nettoyeur (fr) m
• German: Reinigungskraft f
• Hungarian: takarító, takarítónő (hu)
• Japanese: 掃除する人 ‎(sōji-suru hito)

• Norman: nettisseux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: renholder (no) m, reinholder m

  Nynorsk: reinhaldar m

• Polish: sprzątacz (pl) m, sprzątaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: limpador m
• 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

cleaning detergent

• Finnish: puhdistusaine
• French: nettoyant (fr) m
• German: Reiniger m

• Hungarian: tisztítószer (hu)
• 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

Etymology 2

clean + -er

Adjective

cleaner

1. comparative form of clean: more clean

Translations

Translations

• German: cleaner (de)

• Hungarian: tisztább (hu)

Anagrams

• Carlene, reclean