launderette

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English

Alternative forms

laundrette

Etymology

Originally a proprietary name (1940s), from launder +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

launderette (plural launderettes)

A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.

Synonyms

laundromat only valid US spelling

Translations

place with facilities for washing that public may use

Asturian: llavandería f
Bulgarian: пералня на самообслужване (peralnja na samoobslužvane)
Catalan: bugaderia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自助洗衣店 (zìzhù xǐyīdiàn)
Danish: møntvaskeri (da)
Finnish: itsepalvelupesula, pesula (fi)
French: lavomatique (fr) m, laverie automatique f, buanderie (fr)
Galician: lavandaría f, lavandería f
German: Waschsalon m, Münzwäscherei f
Hebrew: מִכְבָּסָה (he) f (michbasá)
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Hungarian: mosószalon, mosoda (hu)
Japanese: コインランドリー (koinrandorī)
Korean: 빨래방 (ppallaebang), 코인런더리 (koinneondeori), 동전식 세탁기 (dongjeonsik setakgi)
Polish: pralnia samoobsługowa f
Portuguese: lavandaria (pt) f, lavanderia (pt) f
Russian: пра́чечная самообслу́живания f (práčečnaja samoobslúživanija), ландрома́т (ru) m (landromát), пра́чечная-автома́т (ru) f (práčečnaja-avtomát)
Spanish: lavandería f
Swedish: tvättomat c

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