rinse

English

Etymology

From Middle English rinsen, rensen, rinshen, rencen (“to rinse”), partly from Old Norse hreinsa (“to rinse”); and partly from Middle French rincer (“to rinse, wash”), from Old French rinser, reinser (“to rinse”), Old Northern French raïncer, raïncier (“to rinse, cleanse”), from Old Norse hreinsa (“to rinse, cleanse”), from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (“to clean, purify”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to separate, divide”). Cognate with Danish rense (“to purify”), Norwegian rense (“to cleanse”), Swedish rensa (“to purge, clear, wipe clean”), Old High German reinisōn (“to clean, purify, atone”), German rein (“pure, clean”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hrains, “clean”). More at riddle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪns/

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• Rhymes: -ɪns
• (dated, regional US) IPA^(key): /ɹɛns/

Verb

rinse (third-person singular simple present rinses, present participle rinsing, simple past and past participle rinsed)

1. (transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.

   You'd better rinse that stain before putting the shirt in the washing machine.

2. (transitive) To remove soap from (something) using water.

   Rinse the dishes after you wash them.

3. (Britain, slang) To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.

   Checkmate!

   Oh no.

   You got rinsed.

Derived terms

• rinse off
• rinse out

Translations

to wash something quickly using water and no soap

• Arabic: شَطَفَ‎ (šaṭafa)
• Catalan: esbandir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沖 (zh), 冲 (zh) (chōng), 沖洗 (zh), 冲洗 (zh) (chōngxǐ)

• Czech: opláchnout, oprat (cs)
• Danish: skylle (da), spule
• Esperanto: akvumi
• Finnish: huuhdella (fi), huuhtoa (fi)
• French: rincer (fr)

  Middle French: rincer

• Galician: eslavar, enxaugar
• German: spülen (de)
• Greek: ξεπλένω (el) (xepléno)
• Haitian Creole: rense
• Hebrew: שטף‎ (shatáf)
• Hungarian: öblít (hu)
• Ido: rinsar (io)
• Italian: risciacquare, sciacquare (it)
• Japanese: 濯ぐ (susugu)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاو تێوه‌ردان‎ (ku) (aw têwerdan)

• Ladino: enshaguar
• Latin: eluo
• Maori: opeope
• Meänkieli: viruttaa
• Middle English: rincen
• Norman: rinchi
• Norwegian: rense
• Polish: płukać (pl)
• Portuguese: enxaguar (pt)
• Quechua: ch'uyanay
• Romanian: clăti (ro)
• Russian: полоска́ть (ru) impf (poloskátʹ), спола́скивать (ru) impf (spoláskivatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgol
• Spanish: enjuagar (es)
• Swedish: skölja (sv)
• Vietnamese: tráng (vi)

to remove soap from something using water

• Catalan: esbandir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: opláchnout
• Esperanto: tralavi
• Finnish: huuhdella (fi), huuhtoa (fi)
• French: rincer (fr)
• Galician: enxaugar
• German: spülen (de)
• Greek: ξεπλένω (el) (xepléno)
• Hebrew: שטף‎ (shatáf)
• Hungarian: öblít (hu)
• Ido: rinsar (io)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can

• Japanese: 濯ぐ (susugu)
• Latin: eluo
• Maori: opeope
• Meänkieli: viruttaa
• Norwegian: skylle (no)
• Portuguese: enxaguar (pt)
• Quechua: ch'uwachay
• Russian: полоска́ть (ru) impf (poloskátʹ), смыва́ть (ru) impf (smyvátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgol
• Spanish: aclarar (es)
• Swedish: skölja (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: tráng (vi)

Noun

rinse (plural rinses)

1. The action of rinsing.

   I'll just give this knife a quick rinse.

2. A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye.

   I had a henna rinse yesterday.

Synonyms

• (rinsing, a rinsing): lavatory
• (anything used to rinse): lavatory, wash

Translations

the action of rinsing

• Czech: opláchnutí n
• Finnish: huuhtelu (fi), huuhteleminen (fi), huuhtominen
• French: rinçage (fr) m

• Greek: ξέπλυμα (el) (xéplyma)
• Norwegian: rens m
• Swedish: rensning c, sköljning c, avsköljning c

hair dye

• Finnish: hiusvärjäys
• Norwegian: toning m or f

• Persian: رنساژ‎ (ransâž)
• Swedish: toning (sv) c

Anagrams

• ESRIN, Isner, Rines, Siren, reins, resin, rines, risen, serin, siren