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Webster 1913 Edition

Cleaner

Clean′er

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Noun.

One who, or that which, cleans.

Definition 2024

cleaner

cleaner

English

Noun

cleaner ‎(plural cleaners)

A person whose occupation is to clean floors, windows and other things.
A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
A cleaning detergent.
(in the plural) A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).
I'll have to take this shirt to the cleaners.

Derived terms

Related terms

take to the cleaners

Translations

person who cleans

Armenian: հավաքարար (hy) ‎(havakʿarar)
Basque: garbitzaile (eu)
Bulgarian: чистач m ‎(čistač), чистачка (bg) f ‎(čistačka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清潔工 (zh), 清洁工 (zh) ‎(qīngjiégōng)
Czech: uklízeč m, uklízečka f
Finnish: siivooja (fi)
French: nettoyeur (fr) m
German: Reinigungskraft f
Hungarian: takarító, takarítónő (hu)
Japanese: 掃除する人 ‎(sōji-suru hito)

Norman: nettisseux m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: renholder (no) m, reinholder m

Nynorsk: reinhaldar m
Polish: sprzątacz (pl) m, sprzątaczka (pl) f
Portuguese: limpador m
Romanian: om de serviciu m, femeie de serviciu f
Russian: убо́рщик (ru) m ‎(ubórščik), убо́рщица (ru) f ‎(ubórščica)
Scottish Gaelic: neach-glanaidh m, f
Serbo-Croatian: čìstāč (sh) m, čistàčica (sh) f
Volapük: (♂♀) klinükan, (♂) hiklinükan, (♀) jiklinükan (vo)

device that cleans

Finnish: puhdistin; imuri (fi) (vacuum cleaner)
French: nettoyeur (fr) m
Hungarian: takarítógép

Norman: nettisseux m
Portuguese: limpador m
Romanian: aspirator (ro) n (vacuum cleaner)

cleaning detergent

Finnish: puhdistusaine
French: nettoyant (fr) m
German: Reiniger m
Hungarian: tisztítószer (hu)

Romanian: detergent (ro) m
Russian: очисти́тель (ru) m ‎(očistítelʹ)
Swedish: rengöringsmedel (sv) n

professional laundry

Finnish: pesula (fi)
French: pressing (fr) m
Hungarian: tisztító (hu), vegytisztító (hu)

Portuguese: lavanderia (pt) f
Romanian: curățătorie (ro) f

Etymology 2

Adjective

cleaner

comparative form of clean: more clean

Translations

Translations

German: cleaner (de)

Hungarian: tisztább (hu)

Anagrams

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