windscreen washer

English

Noun

windscreen washer (plural windscreen washers)

1. (British) A device that pumps water mixed with detergent from a tank through small nozzles on to the windscreen/windshield of a car in order to clean it.

Synonyms

• wet arm system
• windshield washer (US)
• spritzer, schpritzer

Translations

device to clean windscreens

• Finnish: tuulilasin pesulaite, (slightly vulgar) pissapoika (fi), tuulilasinpesin (fi)
• French: lave-glace (fr) m
• German: Windschutzscheibenwaschanlage (de) f
• Italian: lavacristallo m