English Explanatory Dictionary

cleaner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.
  2. A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
  3. A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.
  4. A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).
  5. A fixer; a person who disposes of bodies and evidence.
adj
  1. Comparative form of clean: more clean.

Pronunciation

/ˈkliː.nə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cleaner.wav /ˈkli.nɚ/

Word forms

cleaner cleaners

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English clener, clenere, equivalent to clean + -er (agent noun suffix).

Synonyms

cleaning agent cleaning fluid

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

Albanian: pastrues Albanian: pastruese Arabic: مُنَظِّف Arabic: مُنَظِّفَة Armenian: հավաքարար Armenian: հավաքարարուհի Azerbaijani: süpürgəçi Basque: garbitzaile Belarusian: убіра́льнік Belarusian: убіра́льніца Belarusian: прыбіра́льнік Belarusian: прыбіра́льніца Belarusian: прыбіра́льшчык Belarusian: прыбіра́льшчыца Bulgarian: чиста́ч Bulgarian: чиста́чка Burmese: သန့်ရှင်းရေးသမား Catalan: netejador Chinese Mandarin: 清潔工 /清洁工 Czech: uklízeč Czech: uklízečka Danish: pudser Danish: skraldemand Dutch: schoonmaker Dutch: schoonmaakster Esperanto: purigisto Estonian: koristaja Finnish: siivooja Finnish: siistijä French: nettoyeur French: nettoyeuse Galician: limpador Georgian: დამლაგებელი Georgian: მწმენდავი German: Reinigungskraft German: Gebäudereiniger German: Gebäudereinigerin German: Putzfrau (charwoman) German: Putzmann Greek: καθαριστής Greek: καθαρίστρια Ancient Greek: καθαρτής Hebrew: מְנַקֶּה Hindi: क्लीनर Hindi: सफ़ाईकार Hungarian: takarító Hungarian: takarítónő Hungarian: bejárónő Icelandic: hreingerningarmaður Icelandic: ræstingarkona Italian: addetto alle pulizie Italian: addetta alle pulizie Japanese: 清掃員 Japanese: 掃除婦 Kazakh: сыпырушы Kazakh: тазалаушы Khmer: អ្នកបោសសំអាត Khmer: អ្នកបោសជូត Korean: 청소부 Korean: 소제부 Kyrgyz: тазалагыч Latvian: apkopējs Latvian: apkopēja Lithuanian: valytojas Lithuanian: valytoja Macedonian: чистач Macedonian: чистачка Mongolian: цэвэрлэгч Norman: nettisseux Norwegian Bokmål: renholder Norwegian Bokmål: reinholder Norwegian Nynorsk: reinhaldar Iranian Persian: نِظافَتْچی
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