laundry

§English

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§Etymology

From Old French lavanderie. See launder.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːn.dri/
  • (Northern Cities Vowel Shift) IPA^(key): [ˈlɑn.dɹi]
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑn.dri/

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    Laundry (clothes in the process of being laundered) hanging on a clothesline to dry.

A laundry (room where laundering is done).

§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 m (ġasīl)
• Armenian: լվացք (lvacʿkʿ)
• Bulgarian: пра́не n (práne)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: praní n
• Dutch: was (nl) m
• Ewe: nunyanya
• Finnish: pyykkäys, pyykkääminen
• French: blanchisserie (fr) f, blanchissage (fr) m
• German: Wäsche (de) f, Wäscherei f, Waschen n
• Greek: πλύσιμο (el) n (plýsimo), μπουγάδα (el) f (bougáda)
• Hebrew: כְּבִיסָה f (kvisá)
• Hungarian: mosás (hu)
• Indonesian: binatu
• Italian: bucato (it) m
• Japanese: 洗濯 (ja) (せんたく, sentaku)

• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 세탁 (ko) (setak) (洗濯 (ko)), 빨래 (ko) (ppallae)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: klesvask m, vaskerom (no) n
• Persian: رختشویی (raxtšu'i)
• Polish: pranie (pl) n
• Portuguese: lavada (pt) f, lavação f, lavagem (pt) f
• Romanian: spălare (ro) f, spălat (ro) n
• Russian: сти́рка (ru) f (stírka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: прање n

  Roman: pranje (sh) n

• Slovak: prádlo (sk) n, pranie n
• Spanish: colada (es) f
• Swedish: tvätt (sv) c
• Thai: การซักรีด (gaan sák rêet)
• Turkish: yıkama (tr), çamaşır yıkama

place or room where laundering is done

• Arabic: مصبغة f (máṣbaġa), مغسلة f (máġsala)
• Armenian: լվացքատուն (lvacʿkʿatun)
• Bulgarian: пера́лня f (perálnja)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: prádelna (cs) f
• Dutch: wasserij f
• Faroese: vaskarí 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 m
• Greek: πλυσταριό (el) n (plystarió), πλυντήριο (el) n (plyntírio)
• Ido: laverio (io)
• Indonesian: binatu (id)
• Italian: lavanderia (it) f
• Japanese: ランドリー (randorī), 洗濯屋 (せんたくや, sentakuya)
• Khmer: ធោវនដ្ឋាន (km) (tʰouvea’nattʰaan), ផ្ទះបោកអ៊ុត (pteah baok ut)

• Korean: 세탁실 (setaksil)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Luxembourgish: Wäschkichen f
• Maori: rūma horoi kākahu, rūma horoi
• Norwegian: vaskerom (no) n
• Persian: رختشوی خانه (raxtšuy-xâne)
• Polish: pralnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: lavanderia (pt) f, lavandaria f, área de serviço f
• Romanian: spălătorie (ro) f, cameră de spălat f
• Russian: пра́чечная (ru) f (práčečnaja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: праоница f, перионица f

  Roman: praonica (sh) f, perionica f

• Slovak: práčovňa f
• Spanish: lavandería f
• Swedish: tvättstuga (sv) c
• Thai: ร้านซักรีด (ráan sák rêet), ห้อง ซักผ้า (hông sák pâa)
• Turkish: çamaşırhane (tr)

that which needs to be laundered

• Arabic: مغسلة m (máġsala)
• Armenian: լվացք (lvacʿkʿ)
• Bulgarian: пра́не n (práne)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 要洗的衣服 (yào xǐ de yīfu)

• Czech: prádlo n
• Danish: vasketøj n
• Dutch: was (nl) m, wasgoed 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) n pl (áplyta)
• Hebrew: כְּבִיסָה f (kvisá)
• Indonesian: cucian
• Italian: bucato (it) m
• Japanese: 洗濯物 (ja) (せんたくもの, sentakumono)

• Jèrriais: lînge m
• Khmer: សម្លៀកបំពាក់កខ្វក់ (sɑmliek bɑmpeak kɑkvɑk)
• Korean: 세탁물 (setangmul)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Luxembourgish: Wäsch
• Norwegian: skittentøy n
• Persian: رخت (fa) (raxt)
• Polish: rzeczy do prania f pl
• Portuguese: roupa suja f
• Romanian: rufe f pl, lucruri de spălat n pl
• Russian: бельё (ru) n (belʹjó)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рубље n

  Roman: rublje (sh) n

• Spanish: ropa sucia f, lavado (es) m, colada (es) f
• Swedish: tvätt (sv) c
• Thai: ซักรีดของ (sák rêet kŏng)
• 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.

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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} lavotaĵoj, ^{(please verify)} lavitaĵoj
• Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} balav (ku) f

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} rufă (ro) f