laundry

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Etymology

From Old French lavanderie. See launder.

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

A laundry (room where laundering is done).

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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Noun

laundry ‎(countable and uncountable, 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.

Synonyms

• (action): washing
• (place): lavatory, laundromat, washateria, laundrette

Derived terms

Terms derived from laundry

dirty laundry laundry basket laundry chute laundryless

laundry list laundry mark laundryman laundrymat

laundrywoman

Translations

laundering; washing

• Arabic: غَسِيل m ‎(ḡasīl)

  Moroccan Arabic: تْصبين m ‎(tṣəbin)

• Armenian: լվացք (hy) ‎(lvacʿkʿ)
• Belarusian: мыццё n ‎(myccjó)
• Bulgarian: пра́не n ‎(práne)
• Burmese: ခဝါ (my) ‎(hka.wa)
• Catalan: bugada (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: praní n
• Dutch: was (nl) m
• Ewe: nunyanya
• Finnish: pyykkäys, pyykkääminen (fi)
• French: blanchisserie (fr) f, blanchissage (fr) m
• German: Wäsche (de) f, Wäscherei (de) f, Waschen (de) n
• Greek: πλύσιμο (el) n ‎(plýsimo), μπουγάδα (el) f ‎(bougáda)
• Hebrew: כְּבִיסָה (he) f ‎(kvisá)
• Hungarian: mosás (hu)
• Icelandic: þvottur (is) m
• Indonesian: binatu (id)
• 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: ຮ້ານຊັກເຄື່ອງ ‎(hān sak khư̄ang)
• Luxembourgish: Wäsch
• Norwegian: klesvask m
• 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: ซักอบรีด ‎(sák-òp-rîit)
• Tibetan: དྲེག་འཁྲུ ‎(dreg 'khru)
• Turkish: yıkama (tr), çamaşır yıkama
• Ukrainian: прання́ (uk) n ‎(prannjá)
• Vietnamese: giặt giạ (vi), giặt giũ (vi)
• Walloon: bouwêye (wa) f
• Yiddish: וועש n ‎(vesh), גרעט n ‎(gret)

place or room where laundering is done

• Arabic: مَصْبَغَة f ‎(maṣbaḡa), مَغْسَلَة f ‎(maḡsala)
• Armenian: լվացքատուն (hy) ‎(lvacʿkʿatun)
• Azeri: camaşırxana
• Belarusian: пра́льня f ‎(prálʹnja)
• Bulgarian: пера́лня f ‎(perálnja)
• Burmese: ဒိုဘီဆိုင် (my) ‎(duibhihcuing)
• 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: სამრეცხაო ‎(samrecxao)
• German: Waschküche (de) f, Waschsalon m
• Greek: πλυσταριό (el) n ‎(plystarió), πλυντήριο (el) n ‎(plyntírio)
• Icelandic: þvottahús (is) n
• 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

  Bokmål: vaskeri n

  Nynorsk: vaskeri n

• Persian: رختشوی خانه ‎(raxtšuy-xâne)
• Polish: pralnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: lavanderia (pt) f, lavandaria (pt) 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: ซักอบรีด ‎(sák-òp-rîit)
• Tibetan: དུག་ལོག་ཁྲུས་ཁང ‎(dug log khrus khang)
• Turkish: çamaşırhane (tr)
• Ukrainian: пра́льня (uk) f ‎(prálʹnja)
• Uzbek: kirxona (uz)
• Vietnamese: phòng giặt là, tiệm giặt là
• Walloon: rilavreye (wa) f

that which needs to be laundered

• Arabic: مَغْسَلَة m ‎(maḡsala)

  Moroccan Arabic: تْصبين m ‎(tṣəbin)

• Armenian: լվացք (hy) ‎(lvacʿkʿ)
• Bulgarian: пра́не n ‎(práne)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 要洗的衣服 ‎(yào xǐ de yīfu)

• Czech: prádlo (cs) n
• Danish: vasketøj n
• Dutch: was (nl) m, wasgoed (nl) 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 (he) f ‎(kvisá)
• Icelandic: þvottur (is) m
• Indonesian: cucian
• Irish: níochán m
• Italian: bucato (it) m
• Japanese: 洗濯物 (ja) ‎(せんたくもの, sentakumono)
• Norman: lînge m

• Khmer: សម្លៀកបំពាក់កខ្វក់ ‎(sɑmliek bɑmpeak kɑkvɑk)
• Korean: 세탁물 ‎(setangmul)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Luxembourgish: Wäsch
• Navajo: hééł
• 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, rufă (ro) f
• 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
• Tibetan: དྲི་ཕོག ‎(dri phog)
• Turkish: çamaşır (tr)
• Vietnamese: quần áo đã giặt là
• Walloon: bouwêye (wa) f
• Yiddish: וועש n ‎(vesh)

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

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