English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Middle English lavendrie , from Old French lavanderie , from Latin lavandaria . See launder .
Laundry (clothes in the process of being laundered) hanging on a clothesline to dry.
A laundry (room where laundering is done).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
laundry (countable and uncountable , plural laundries )
A laundering ; a washing.
In our family of five, we have to do the laundry every other day.
A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension , other forms of laundering than clothes washing .
1883 , Henry J. Winser, The Yellowstone National Park-A Manual for Tourists [1] , New York: G.P. Putnam Sons, page 46 :Old Faithful is sometimes degraded by being made a laundry . Garments placed in the crater during quiescence are ejected thoroughly washed when the eruption takes place.
That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered . [from c. 1930]
You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.
1935 , New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs. , page 69 :Q. Did you use to do the washing around your house, too? / The Court: She did all the work of the house, I suppose. / Mr. Feltenstein: That's what I want to find out. / A. I gave the laundry to the laundry. / Q. What? / A. I gave the wash to the laundry.
( slang , American football ) A penalty flag .
A business whose primary purpose is to conceal the origins of money received illegally.
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Derived terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
laundering; washing
Arabic: غَسِيل m ( ḡasīl )
Moroccan Arabic: تْصبين m ( tṣəbin )
Armenian: լվացք (hy) ( lvacʿkʿ )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܘܼܣܵܝܵܐ m ( musāyā )
Bashkir: кер йыуыу ( kir yıvıv )
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 (cs) n
Dutch: was (nl) m
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Ewe: nunyanya
Finnish: pyykkäys , pyykkääminen (fi)
French: blanchisserie (fr) f , blanchissage (fr) m
Galician: lavadura f , lavado m
German: Wäsche (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: ធោវនដ្ឋាន (km) ( thoovĕəʼnatthaan )
Korean: 세탁(洗濯) (ko) ( setak ) , 빨래 (ko) ( ppallae )
Lao: ຮ້ານຊັກເຄື່ອງ ( hān sak khư̄ang )
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: Wäsch
Macedonian: перење n ( perenje )
Norwegian: klesvask m
Persian: رختشویی ( raxtšuyi )
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 , lavado (es) m
Swedish: tvätt (sv) c
Tagalog: paglalaba
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 )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܡܘܼܣܵܝܵܐ m ( bēt musāyā )
Azerbaijani: 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
Danish: vaskeri (da) n
Dutch: ( room ) washok (nl) n ; ( shop or facility ) wasserij (nl) f
Estonian: pesumaja
Faroese: vaskarí n , tváttarhús n
Finnish: pesutupa (fi) , pesula (fi)
French: laverie (fr) f , buanderie (fr) f
Galician: lavandaría f
Georgian: სამრეცხაო ( samrecxao )
German: ( room ) Waschküche (de) f , Waschraum (de) m ; ( shop or facility ) Wäscherei (de) f , Waschsalon (de) m
Greek: πλυσταριό (el) n ( plystarió ) , πλυντήριο (el) n ( plyntírio )
Hebrew: חֲדַר כְּבִיסָה m ( khadár kvisá )
Hungarian: mosoda (hu) , ruhatisztító (hu) , patyolat (hu) , mosókonyha (hu)
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 ) , 세탁소 (ko) ( setakso )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: mazgātava f
Lithuanian: skalbykla f
Luxembourgish: Wäschkichen f
Macedonian: пералница f ( peralnica )
Malay: dobi (ms)
Maori: rūma horoi kākahu , rūma horoi
Northern Sami: basahat
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
Slovene: pralnica f
Spanish: lavandería (es) f , cuarto de lavado m
Swedish: tvättstuga (sv) c , tvätteri n
Tagalog: labanderya
Tajik: либосшӯйхона ( libosšüyxona ) , ҷомашӯйхона ( jomašüyxona )
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 )
Bashkir: кер ( kir )
Belarusian: бялі́зна f ( bjalízna )
Bulgarian: пра́не n ( práne )
Catalan: bugada (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 要洗的衣服 ( yào xǐ de yīfu )
Czech: prádlo (cs) n
Danish: vasketøj (da) n
Dutch: was (nl) m , wasgoed (nl) n
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Ewe: nunyanya
Finnish: pyykki (fi)
French: lessive (fr) f , linge (fr) f
Galician: roupa sucia f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Wäsche (de) f
Greek: άπλυτα (el) n pl ( áplyta )
Hebrew: כְּבִיסָה (he) f ( kvisá )
Hungarian: szennyes (hu) , mosnivaló (hu)
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 )
Khmer: សម្លៀកបំពាក់កខ្វក់ ( sɑmliek bɑmpeak kɑkvɑk )
Korean: 빨랫감 ( ppallaetgam ) , 세탁물 ( setangmul )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: Wäsch
Malay: dobi (ms)
Maltese: ħasil tal-ħwejjeġ
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: hééł
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Norman: lînge m
Norwegian: skittentøy n
Persian: رخت (fa) ( raxt )
Plautdietsch: Wausch f
Polish: rzeczy do prania f pl , bielizna (pl) f
Portuguese: roupa suja f
Romanian: rufe (ro) 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 , colada (es) f
Swedish: tvätt (sv) c , smutstvätt (sv) c
Tagalog: tubal (tl)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: དྲི་ཕོག ( dri phog ) , འཕྲལ་འཁྲུ ( 'phral 'khru )
Turkish: çamaşır (tr)
Ukrainian: біли́зна (uk) f ( bilýzna )
Vietnamese: quần áo đã giặt là
Walloon: bouwêye (wa) f
Yiddish: וועש n ( vesh )
Translations to be checked
References [ edit ]