Washing machine Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
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From Middle English wasshere wassher wash -er Dutch wasser German Wäscher
washer (plural washers
Something that washes ; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher .
2021 January 13, “GA opens new carriage washers ”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 15 :A £1.2 million carriage washer has opened at Norwich Crown Point, enabling Greater Anglia to clean its 58 Stadler trains. It is one of two new washers (the other is for '720s' at Southend), [ …]
A person who washes (especially clothes ) for a living ; a washerman or washerwoman .
Hypernym: cleaner
A person who washes his or her hands compulsively , as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder .
A face cloth . Derived terms
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Translations
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something that washes
Bulgarian: пералня f ( peralnja )
Catalan: rentadora (ca) f
Cherokee: ᏗᎬᎩᎣᏍᎩ ( digvgiosgi )
Czech: pračka (cs) f ( for laundry ) , myčka (cs) f ( for dishes )
Danish: vaskemaskine (da)
Dutch: wasmachine (nl) m vaatwasser (nl) m
Finnish: pesukone (fi) , pesuri (fi) , pesin (fi)
Galician: lavadora (gl) f
German: Waschmaschine (de) f ( washing machine ) , Spülmaschine (de) f ( dishwasher )
Hindi: धुलाई मशीन ( dhulāī maśīn )
Hungarian: mosó (hu) , mosógép (hu) , mosóberendezés
Irish: inneall níocháin m ( washing machine ) , meaisín níocháin m ( washing machine )
Italian: lavatrice (it) f ( washing machine ) , lavastoviglie (it) f ( dishwasher )
Japanese: 洗濯機 (ja) ( sentakuki )
Korean: 세탁기 (ko) ( setakgi )
Maori: mīhini horoi rīhi ( dishwasher ) , pūrere horoi rīhi ( dishwasher ) , pūrere horoi kākahu ( clothes washer/washing machine ) , kaihoroi ( person )
Norwegian: vaskemaskin (no) m ( dishwasher ) oppvaskmaskin (no) m
Occitan: maquina de lavar f
Plautdietsch: Wauschmaschien f
Portuguese: lavador m
Sardinian: sabunadora
Spanish: lavadora (es) f lavarropas (es) m ( River Plate region ) , lavavajillas (es) m ( dishwasher )
Swedish: tvättmaskin (sv) c
Tagalog: labadora
person who washes for a living
Arabic: غِسَالَة f ( ḡisāla )
Bulgarian: мияч m ( mijač )
Catalan: bugader (ca) m bugadera (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 洗衣婦 ／ 洗衣妇 ( xǐyīfù ) ( woman )
Czech: pradlena (cs) f
Dutch: wasserette juffrouw f ( launderette woman )
Finnish: pesijä (fi) , pesijätär ( woman ) , pyykkäri (fi) ( clothes )
French: laveur (fr) m laveuse (fr) f
German: Wäscher (de) m Wäscherin (de) f Waschfrau (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: φαιδρυντής m ( phaidruntḗs ) , φαιδρύντρια f ( phaidrúntria )
Hungarian: mosó (hu) , mosómunkás mosónő (hu)
Irish: niteoir m
Japanese: 洗濯女 ( sentaku-onna )
Norwegian: vaskehjelp m vaskekone m vasker m
Polish: praczka (pl) f
Portuguese: lavadeiro (pt) m
Russian: пра́чка (ru) f ( práčka )
Slovak: práčka f
Spanish: lavandera (es) f
Swedish: tvätterska c ( woman )
Ukrainian: пра́ля (uk) f ( prálja )
Yiddish: וועשער m ( vesher ) , וועשערין f ( vesherin )
Etymology 2
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Assorted washers: flat, split, star and insulated Unclear. First recorded in the 14th century.
washer (plural washers
A flat annulus , placed beneath a nut or at some joint , to distribute pressure , alleviate friction , provide directionally differentiated friction (e.g. making the nut turn counter-clockwise only with difficulty), or prevent leakage . Synonyms
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( flat annulus to distribute pressure or to alleviate friction ) : blotter Derived terms
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Translations
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flat annulus
Albanian: rondele f
Arabic: حَلْقَة f ( ḥalqa )
Armenian: տափօղակ (hy) ( tapʻōġak ) , շայբա (hy) ( šayba ) ( colloquial )
Azerbaijani: şayba
Basque: zirrindola (eu)
Belarusian: ша́йба f ( šájba )
Bulgarian: ша́йба (bg) f ( šájba )
Burmese: ဝါရှာ (my) ( wahra )
Catalan: volandera (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 墊片 ／ 垫片 (zh) ( diànpiàn ) , 墊圈 ／ 垫圈 (zh) ( diànquān )
Crimean Tatar: şayba
Czech: podložka (cs) f
Danish: spændeskive c spændskive c
Dutch: leertje (nl) , ring (nl) , schijf (nl) f
Esperanto: ŝtopringo
Estonian: seib
Finnish: aluslevy (fi) , aluslaatta ( colloquial ) prikka (fi)
French: rondelle (fr) f
Georgian: საყელური ( saq̇eluri )
German: Scheibe (de) f Unterlegscheibe (de) f
Greek: ροδέλα (el) f ( rodéla )
Hausa: wāshā̀ f
Hebrew: שייבה f
Hindi: वाशर m ( vāśar )
Hungarian: csavaralátét (hu) , alátétgyűrű (hu) , alátét (hu) , tömítőgyűrű (hu) , alátétkarika (hu) , alátéttárcsa aljlemez (hu) , párnalemez biztosítólemez csavar-alátétlemez
Irish: leicneán m
Italian: rondella (it) f
Japanese: 座金 ( zagane ) , ワッシャー ( wasshā )
Kazakh: тығырық ( tyğyryq ) , шайба ( şaiba )
Khmer: អ្នកលាងចាន ( anak leangchan )
Korean: 와셔 ( wasyeo )
Kyrgyz: шайба (ky) ( şayba )
Lao: ຕຸ້ມ ( tum )
Latvian: paplāksne (lv) f
Lithuanian: poveržlė f
Macedonian: подлошка f ( podloška )
Middle English: clout
Mongolian: шайб ( šajb )
Norman: rîndelle en fé f ( metal )
Norwegian: stoppskive m skive (no) m Bokmål: skive (no) m or f
Persian: واشر (fa) ( vâšar )
Polish: podkładka (pl) f
Portuguese: arruela (pt) f
Romanian: șaibă (ro) f
Russian: ша́йба (ru) f ( šájba )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: подлошка f
Roman: podloška f
Slovak: podložka f
Slovene: podložka f
Spanish: arandela (es) f zapata (es) f ( of leather or rubber )
Swedish: bricka (sv) , packning (sv) , skiva (sv) c
Tajik: шайба ( šayba )
Thai: แหวน (th) ( wɛ̌ɛn )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: çamaşır makinesi (tr) , rondela (tr)
Turkmen: şaýba
Ukrainian: ша́йба f ( šájba )
Urdu: واشر m ( vāśar )
Uyghur: شايبا ( shayba )
Uzbek: shayba (uz)
washer (third-person singular simple present washers present participle washering simple past and past participle washered
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