cleaner
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English clener, clenere, equivalent to clean + -er (agent noun suffix).
Base: clean
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: cleaners
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.
pos: noun
examples: The cleaner worked, of course, at nights. He had to coal and light up the engine, as well as clean it, for the next day's work, which commenced with a light run to Barnham to "bring in the goods" from that station at about 6.30 a.m.
gloss: A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
pos: noun
gloss: A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: cleaning fluid
gloss: A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
examples: I'll have to take this shirt to the cleaners.
gloss: A fixer; a person who disposes of bodies and evidence.
pos: noun
tags: idiomatic
informal
Related words: cleanser
take to the cleaners
Derived words: air cleaner
all-purpose cleaner
cleaneress
cleaner fish
cleaner shrimp
cleaner-upper
cleaner-upperer
crime scene cleaner
deep cleaner
denture cleaner
drain cleaner
dry cleaner
engine cleaner
glass cleaner
housecleaner
pipe cleaner
service cleaner
streetcleaner
street cleaner
suction cleaner
tongue cleaner
vacuum cleaner
way-cleaner
window cleaner
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: pastrues
lang: Albanian
word: pastruese
lang: Arabic
word: مُنَظِّف
roman: munaẓẓif
lang: Arabic
word: مُنَظِّفَة
roman: munaẓẓifa
lang: Armenian
word: հավաքարար
roman: havakʻarar
lang: Armenian
word: հավաքարարուհի
roman: havakʻararuhi
lang: Azerbaijani
word: süpürgəçi
lang: Basque
word: garbitzaile
lang: Belarusian
word: убіра́льнік
roman: ubirálʹnik
lang: Belarusian
word: убіра́льніца
roman: ubirálʹnica
lang: Belarusian
word: прыбіра́льнік
roman: prybirálʹnik
lang: Belarusian
word: прыбіра́льніца
roman: prybirálʹnica
lang: Belarusian
word: прыбіра́льшчык
roman: prybirálʹščyk
lang: Belarusian
word: прыбіра́льшчыца
roman: prybirálʹščyca
lang: Bulgarian
word: чиста́ч
roman: čistáč
lang: Bulgarian
word: чиста́чка
roman: čistáčka
lang: Burmese
word: သန့်ရှင်းရေးသမား
roman: san.hrang:re:sa.ma:
lang: Catalan
word: netejador
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 清潔工 /清洁工
roman: qīngjiégōng
lang: Czech
word: uklízeč
lang: Czech
word: uklízečka
lang: Danish
word: pudser
lang: Danish
word: skraldemand
lang: Dutch
word: schoonmaker
lang: Dutch
word: schoonmaakster
lang: Esperanto
word: purigisto
lang: Estonian
word: koristaja
lang: Finnish
word: siivooja
lang: Finnish
word: siistijä
lang: French
word: nettoyeur
lang: French
word: nettoyeuse
lang: Galician
word: limpador
lang: Georgian
word: დამლაგებელი
roman: damlagebeli
lang: Georgian
word: მწმენდავი
roman: mc̣mendavi
lang: German
word: Reinigungskraft
lang: German
word: Gebäudereiniger
lang: German
word: Gebäudereinigerin
lang: German
word: Putzfrau (charwoman)
lang: German
word: Putzmann
lang: Greek
word: καθαριστής
roman: katharistís
lang: Greek
word: καθαρίστρια
roman: katharístria
lang: Ancient Greek
word: καθαρτής
roman: kathartḗs
lang: Hebrew
word: מְנַקֶּה
roman: menaké
lang: Hindi
word: क्लीनर
roman: klīnar
lang: Hindi
word: सफ़ाईकार
roman: safāīkār
lang: Hungarian
word: takarító
lang: Hungarian
word: takarítónő
lang: Hungarian
word: bejárónő
lang: Icelandic
word: hreingerningarmaður
lang: Icelandic
word: ræstingarkona
lang: Italian
word: addetto alle pulizie
lang: Italian
word: addetta alle pulizie
lang: Japanese
word: 清掃員
roman: seisōin
lang: Japanese
word: 掃除婦
roman: sōjifu
lang: Kazakh
word: сыпырушы
roman: sypyruşy
lang: Kazakh
word: тазалаушы
roman: tazalauşy
lang: Khmer
word: អ្នកបោសសំអាត
roman: nĕək baoh sɑmʼaat
lang: Khmer
word: អ្នកបោសជូត
roman: nĕək baoh cuut
lang: Korean
word: 청소부
roman: cheongsobu
lang: Korean
word: 청소부
roman: cheongsobu
lang: Korean
word: 소제부
roman: sojebu
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тазалагыч
roman: tazalagıc
lang: Latvian
word: apkopējs
lang: Latvian
word: apkopēja
lang: Lithuanian
word: valytojas
lang: Lithuanian
word: valytoja
lang: Macedonian
word: чистач
roman: čistač
lang: Macedonian
word: чистачка
roman: čistačka
lang: Mongolian
word: цэвэрлэгч
roman: ceverlegč
lang: Norman
word: nettisseux
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: renholder
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: reinholder
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: reinhaldar
lang: Iranian Persian
word: نِظافَتْچی
roman: nezâfatči
lang: Polish
word: sprzątacz
lang: Polish
word: sprzątaczka
lang: Portuguese
word: limpador
lang: Romanian
word: om de serviciu
lang: Romanian
word: femeie de serviciu
lang: Russian
word: убо́рщик
roman: ubórščik
lang: Russian
word: убо́рщица
roman: ubórščica
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: neach-glanaidh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: чѝста̄ч
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: чиста̀чица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čìstāč
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čistàčica
lang: Slovak
word: upratovač
lang: Slovak
word: upratovačka
lang: Slovene
word: čistilec
lang: Slovene
word: čistilka
lang: Slovene
word: snažilec
lang: Slovene
word: snažilka
lang: Spanish
word: limpiador
lang: Swedish
word: städare
lang: Swedish
word: städerska
lang: Tagalog
word: tagalinis
lang: Tajik
word: фаррош
roman: farroš
lang: Tatar
word: җыештыручы
roman: cıyıştıruçı
lang: Thai
word: คนทำความสะอาด
roman: kon-tam-kwaam-sà-àat
lang: Turkish
word: temizlikçi
lang: Turkish
word: hademe
lang: Ukrainian
word: прибира́льник
roman: prybyrálʹnyk
lang: Ukrainian
word: прибира́льниця
roman: prybyrálʹnycja
lang: Urdu
word: کِلِینَر
roman: kilīnar
lang: Uzbek
word: farrosh
lang: Uzbek
word: tozalovchi
lang: Vietnamese
word: người quét dọn nhà cửa
lang: Volapük
word: klinükan
lang: Volapük
word: hiklinükan
lang: Volapük
word: jiklinükan