dishwasher

See also: dish washer

English

Dishwasher, open and loaded with dishes.

Etymology

From Middle English dysche wescheare, equivalent to dish +‎ washer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪʃˌwɒʃə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪʃˌwɔʃɚ/
• (Canada, New York City, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪʃˌwɑʃɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

dishwasher (plural dishwashers)

1. A machine for washing dishes.

   load the dishwasher

2. Someone who washes dishes, especially one hired to wash dishes in a restaurant.

   Synonym: (informal, Australia) dishy

3. (UK, dialect, Wiltshire) A European bird, the wagtail.
4. (Australia) A bird, the restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta).

Derived terms

• dishwasher proof
• dishwasher-safe
• dishwasher salt

 

Translations

machine

• Afrikaans: skottelgoedwasser sg
• Albanian: pjatalarëse (sq) f
• Arabic: غَسَّالَة صُحُون f (ḡassālat ṣuḥūn)
• Armenian: աման լվացող սարք (aman lvacʻoġ sarkʻ)
• Azerbaijani: qabyuyan maşın
• Basque: ontzi-garbigailu, plater-ikuzgailu
• Belarusian: пасудамы́йная машы́на f (pasudamýjnaja mašýna), пасудамы́йка f (pasudamýjka)
• Bulgarian: съдомия́лна маши́на f (sǎdomijálna mašína), съдомия́лня f (sǎdomijálnja)
• Burmese: ပန်းကန်ဆေးစက် (pan:kanhce:cak)
• Catalan: rentaplats m, rentavaixella m or f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 洗碗碟機／洗碗碟机 (sai² wun² dip⁶ gei¹), 洗碗機／洗碗机 (sai² wun² gei¹)

  Mandarin: 洗碗機／洗碗机 (zh) (xǐwǎnjī)

• Czech: myčka (cs) f, myčka nádobí f
• Danish: opvaskemaskine (da) c
• Dutch: vaatwasser (nl) m, vaatwasmachine (nl) f, afwasmachine (nl) f
• Esperanto: telerlavilo
• Estonian: nõudepesumasin
• Faroese: uppvaskimaskina f
• Finnish: astianpesukone (fi), tiskikone (fi)
• French: lave-vaisselle (fr) m
• Galician: lavalouza (gl) f
• Georgian: ჭურჭლის სარეცხი მანქანა (č̣urč̣lis sarecxi mankana)
• German: Geschirrspüler (de) m, Geschirrspülmaschine (de) f, Spülmaschine (de) f
• Greek: πλυντήριο πιάτων (el) n (plyntírio piáton)
• Greenlandic: erruissut
• Hebrew: מֵדִיחַ כֵּלִים (he) m (medíakh kelím), מֵדִיחַ m (medíakh)
• Hindi: पात्र प्रक्षालक m (pātra prakṣālak)
• Hungarian: mosogatógép (hu)
• Icelandic: uppþvottavél f
• Irish: miasniteoir m
• Italian: lavastoviglie (it) f
• Japanese: 食器洗浄機 (ja) (しょっきせんじょうき, shokkisenjōki), 食器洗い機 (ja) (しょっきあらいき, shokkiaraiki), 食洗機 (ja) (しょくせんき, shokusenki), 皿洗い機 (さらあらいき, sara-araiki)
• Kazakh: ыдыс-аяқ жуу машинасы (ydys-aäq juu maşinasy), ыдыс жуатын мәшине (ydys juatyn mäşine)
• Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនលាងចាន (maasɨn liəng caan)
• Korean: 식기세척기(食器洗滌機) (sikgisecheokgi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: firaxşok (ku), amanşok (ku)

• Kyrgyz: идиш жуугуч (idiş juuguc)
• Lao: ຈັກລ້າງຖ້ວຍ (lo) (chak lāng thuāi)
• Latvian: trauku mazgājamā mašīna f
• Lithuanian: indaplovė f
• Macedonian: садомијачка f (sadomijačka)
• Malay: mesin pencuci pinggan
• Maori: pūrere horoi maitai
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: аяга таваг угаагч (ajaga tavag ugaagč)

• Norman: machinne à laver les vaissieaux f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppvaskmaskin (no) m

  Nynorsk: oppvaskmaskin m

• Occitan: vaisseladoira (oc) f, lavavaissèla (oc) m, lavavaishèra m (Gascon)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ماشینِ ظَرْف‌شویی (mâšin-e zarf-šuyi)

• Polish: zmywarka (pl) f, zmywarka do naczyń f
• Portuguese: lavalouça f (Brazil)
• Romanian: mașină de spălat vase f
• Romansch: maschina da lavar giu f
• Russian: посудомо́ечная маши́на (ru) f (posudomóječnaja mašína), (colloquial) посудомо́йка (ru) f (posudomójka)
• Scottish Gaelic: nigheadair-shoithichean m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: машина за прање судова f, перилица посуђа f

  Roman: mašina za pranje sudova f, perilica posuđa f

• Slovak: umývačka riadu f
• Slovene: pomivalni stroj (sl) m
• Spanish: lavaplatos (es) m, lavavajillas (es) m
• Swedish: diskmaskin (sv) c
• Tajik: зарфшӯяк (zarfšüyak)
• Thai: เครื่องล้างจาน (krʉ̂ʉang-láang-jaan)
• Turkish: bulaşık makinesi (tr)
• Ukrainian: посудоми́йна маши́на f (posudomýjna mašýna), посудоми́йка f (posudomýjka)
• Urdu: ڈِش واشَر (ḍiś vāśar)
• Uyghur: قاچا يۇيۇش ماشىنىسى (qacha yuyush mashinisi)
• Uzbek: idish yuvish mashinasi
• Vietnamese: máy rửa chén (𣛠𤂩盞), máy rửa bát
• Welsh: peiriant golchi llestri m

person

• Bulgarian: мия́ч на съ́дове m (mijáč na sǎ́dove)
• Catalan: rentaplats m or f, marmitó m, marmitona f
• Cebuano: tighugas og plato
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗碗工 (xǐwǎn gōng) (one who is hired)

• Danish: opvasker c
• Dutch: afwasser (nl) m, afwasster (nl) f
• Finnish: tiskaaja (fi), astianpesijä, tiskari (fi)
• French: plongeur (fr) m, plongeuse (fr) f
• Galician: lavapratos (gl) m or f
• German: Abwäscher m, Abwäscherin f
• Hungarian: mosogató (hu)
• Icelandic: uppvaskari m
• Italian: lavapiatti (it) m or f
• Japanese: 皿洗い (ja) (さらあらい, saraarai)
• Khmer: អ្នកលាងចាន (nĕək liəng caan)
• Korean: 접시 닦는 사람 (jeopsi dangneun saram)
• Macedonian: садомијач m (sadomijač)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppvasker m, oppvaskhjelp m or f

• Polish: pomywacz (pl) m, pomywaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: lavador de louça/louças m
• Romanian: spălător de vase m
• Russian: судомо́йка (ru) f (sudomójka), посудомо́йка (ru) f (posudomójka), мо́йщик посу́ды m (mójščik posúdy), мо́йщица посу́ды f (mójščica posúdy)
• Swedish: diskare (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagahugas ng pinggan, tagahugas ng plato
• Turkish: bulaşıkçı (tr)
• Ukrainian: посудоми́йник m (posudomýjnyk), посудоми́йниця f (posudomýjnycja), ми́йник по́суду m (mýjnyk pósudu), ми́йниця по́суду f (mýjnycja pósudu)

See also

• pearl diver