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• Received-Pronunciation: /kliːn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [khl̥iːn]
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• General-American: klēn
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• General-American: /kliːn/
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• General-American: [khl̥ĩːn]
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• Ireland, dated: klān
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• Ireland, dated: /kleːn/
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• Ireland, dated: [khl̥eːn]
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• /kliːn/ Local Dublin
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• [khl̥iːn] Local Dublin
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• rhymes with -iːn
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• CMU ARPABET: K L IY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *klainī Old English clǣne Middle English clene English clean From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), West Frisian klien (“small”), klean (“clean”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”).

539 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skoon — not dirty
• Albanian: pastër — not dirty
• Southern Altai: ару (aru) — not dirty
• Amharic: ንጹሕ (nəṣuḥ) — not dirty
• Arabic: نَظِيف (naẓīf) — not dirty
• Arabic: نضيف (naḍīf) — not dirty
• Aragonese: limpio — not dirty
• Aragonese: neto — not dirty
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܸܟ݂ܝܵܐ (diḳya) — not dirty
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܡܸܙ (tāmiz) — not dirty
• Armenian: մաքուր (makʻur) — not dirty
• Aromanian: curat — not dirty
• Aromanian: albu (roa-rup) — not dirty
• Aromanian: spilat — not dirty
• Aromanian: chischin — not dirty
• Aromanian: spastru — not dirty
• Aromanian: pãstrit — not dirty
• Assamese: চফা (sopha) — not dirty
• Assamese: চাফা (sapha) — not dirty
• Assamese: চাফ চিকুণ (saph sikun) — not dirty
• Assamese: চিকুণ (sikun) — not dirty
• Assamese: পৰিষ্কাৰ (poriskar) — not dirty
• Asturian: llimpiu — not dirty
• Azerbaijani: təmiz — not dirty
• Azerbaijani: arı — not dirty
• Bashkir: таҙа (taźa) — not dirty
• Basque: garbi — not dirty
• Belarusian: чы́сты (čýsty) — not dirty
• Bengali: পরিষ্কার (poriśkar) — not dirty
• Bengali: সাফ (śaph) — not dirty
• Central Bikol: malinig — not dirty
• Breton: dilastez — not dirty
• Bulgarian: чист (čist) — not dirty
• Burmese: သန့် (san.) — not dirty
• Catalan: net — not dirty
• Chechen: цӏена (cʼena) — not dirty
• Cherokee: ᎤᏓᏅᎦᎸᏓ (udanvgalvda) — not dirty
• Chickasaw: chifata — not dirty
• Chickasaw: chofata — not dirty
• Chinese Cantonese: 乾淨 /干净 (gon1 zeng6) — not dirty
• Chinese Mandarin: 乾淨 /干净 (gānjìng) — not dirty
• Chuvash: таса (tas̬a) — not dirty
• West Circassian: къабзэ (qabzɛ) — not dirty
• Cornish: glan — not dirty
• Czech: čistý — not dirty
• Danish: ren — not dirty
• Dutch: schoon — not dirty
• Dutch: proper — not dirty
• Egyptian: wab-mw (wꜥb) — not dirty
• Esperanto: pura — not dirty
• Estonian: puhas — not dirty
• Faroese: reinur — not dirty
• Finnish: puhdas — not dirty
• French: propre — not dirty
• French: net — not dirty
• Friulian: net — not dirty
• Galician: limpo — not dirty
• Georgian: სუფთა (supta) — not dirty
• German: sauber — not dirty
• German: rein — not dirty
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (hlutrs) — not dirty
• Greek: καθαρός (katharós) — not dirty
• Ancient Greek: καθαρός (katharós) — not dirty
• Hausa: tsari — not dirty
• Hawaiian: maʻemaʻe — not dirty
• Hebrew: נָקִי (nakí) — not dirty
• Hindi: साफ़ (sāf) — not dirty
• Hindi: स्वच्छ (svacch) — not dirty
• White Hmong: huv — not dirty
• Hungarian: tiszta — not dirty
• Icelandic: hreinn — not dirty
• Ido: neta — not dirty
• Igbo: ocha — not dirty
• Igbo: ucha — not dirty
• Indonesian: bersih — not dirty
• Ingush: цӏена (cʼena) — not dirty
• Interlingua: munde — not dirty
• Interlingua: nette — not dirty
• Irish: glan — not dirty
• Italian: pulito — not dirty
• Japanese: 清い (kiyoi) — not dirty
• Japanese: 清潔な (seiketsu na) — not dirty
• Japanese: 綺麗な (kirei na) — not dirty
• Javanese: resik — not dirty
• Kashmiri: صاف (sāf) — not dirty
• Kazakh: таза (taza) — not dirty
• Kazakh: саф (saf) — not dirty
• Khmer: ស្អាត (sʼaat) — not dirty
• Korean: 깨끗하다 (kkaekkeuthada) — not dirty
• Korean: 맑다 (makda) — not dirty
• Kumyk: таза (taza) — not dirty
• Central Kurdish: پاک (pak) — not dirty
• Central Kurdish: خاوێن (xawên) — not dirty
• Northern Kurdish: paqij — not dirty
• Kyrgyz: аруу (aruu) — not dirty
• Kyrgyz: пакиз (pakiz) — not dirty
• Kyrgyz: таза (taza) — not dirty
• Ladin: nët — not dirty
• Lao: ສະອາດ (sa ʼāt) — not dirty
• Latin: pūrus — not dirty
• Latin: mundus — not dirty
• Latin: tersus — not dirty
• Latvian: tīrs — not dirty
• Lithuanian: švarus — not dirty
• Lombard: nett — not dirty
• Luxembourgish: propper — not dirty
• Macedonian: чист (čist) — not dirty
• Maguindanao: matilak — not dirty
• Malay: bersih — not dirty
• Malayalam: വൃത്തിയായ (vr̥ttiyāya) — not dirty
• Malayalam: ശുദ്ധ (śuddha) — not dirty
• Maltese: nadif — not dirty
• Māori: mā — not dirty
• Marathi: स्वच्छ (svaccha) — not dirty
• Marathi: साफ (sāph) — not dirty
• Meänkieli: puhas — not dirty
• Mizo: fai — not dirty
• Mongolian: цэвэр (cever) — not dirty
• Nepali: सफा (saphā) — not dirty
• Norman: net — not dirty
• Norman: naette — not dirty
• Norman: propre — not dirty
• Occitan: net — not dirty
• Church Slavic: чистъ (čistŭ) — not dirty
• Old English: clǣne — not dirty
• Ossetian: сыгъдӕг (syǧdæg) — not dirty
• Pashto: پاک (pâk) — not dirty
• Persian: پاک (pâk) — not dirty
• Persian: تمیز (tamiz) — not dirty
• Plautdietsch: rein — not dirty
• Polabian: caistĕ — not dirty
• Polish: czysty — not dirty
• Portuguese: limpo — not dirty
• Portuguese: asseado — not dirty
• Punjabi: ਸਾਫ਼ (sāf) — not dirty
• Punjabi: سُتْھرا (suthrā) — not dirty
• Punjabi: صاف (ṣāf) — not dirty
• Punjabi: صاف سُتْھرا (ṣāf suthrā) — not dirty
• Quechua: llimphu — not dirty
• Romanian: curat — not dirty
• Russian: чи́стый (čístyj) — not dirty
• Scottish Gaelic: glan — not dirty
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏ст — not dirty
• Serbo-Croatian: čȉst — not dirty
• Shor: арығ (arığ) — not dirty
• Sicilian: pulitu — not dirty
• Sindhi: صاف (sāf) — not dirty
• Sinhalese: පිරිසුදු (pirisudu) — not dirty
• Slovak: čistý — not dirty
• Slovene: čist — not dirty
• Somali: nadiif — not dirty
• Lower Sorbian: cysty — not dirty
• Upper Sorbian: čisty — not dirty
• Spanish: limpio — not dirty
• Spanish: límpido — not dirty
• Swahili: nadhifu — not dirty
• Swahili: safi — not dirty
• Swedish: ren — not dirty
• Sylheti: ꠌꠣꠚꠣ (safá) — not dirty
• Tagalog: malinis — not dirty
• Tajik: пок (pok) — not dirty
• Tajik: тоза (toza) — not dirty
• Tajik: покиза (pokiza) — not dirty
• Tajik: соф (sof) — not dirty
• Tajik: тамиз (tamiz) — not dirty
• Tamil: சுத்தம் (cuttam) — not dirty
• Tatar: таза (taza) — not dirty
• Tatar: саф (saf) — not dirty
• Tatar: чиста (çista) — not dirty
• Thai: สะอาด (sà-àat) — not dirty
• Tibetan: གཙང་མ (gtsang ma) — not dirty
• Turkish: temiz — not dirty
• Turkish: arı — not dirty
• Turkish: arın — not dirty
• Ottoman Turkish: آری (arı) — not dirty
• Ottoman Turkish: تمیز (temiz) — not dirty
• Ottoman Turkish: صفی (safi) — not dirty
• Ottoman Turkish: پاك (pak) — not dirty
• Turkmen: tämiz — not dirty
• Tuvan: арыг (arıg) — not dirty
• Ukrainian: чи́стий (čýstyj) — not dirty
• Unami: pilsi — not dirty
• Urdu: صاف (sāf) — not dirty
• Uzbek: toza — not dirty
• Uzbek: pok — not dirty
• Uzbek: pokiza — not dirty
• Venetan: néto — not dirty
• Venetan: net — not dirty
• Vietnamese: sạch sẽ — not dirty
• Vietnamese: sạch — not dirty
• Volapük: klinik — not dirty
• Welsh: glân — not dirty
• Yakut: ыраас (ïraas) — not dirty
• Yiddish: ריין (reyn) — not dirty
• Afrikaans: skoon — in an unmarked condition
• Albanian: lir — in an unmarked condition
• Bulgarian: чист (čist) — in an unmarked condition
• Catalan: net — in an unmarked condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 整齊 /整齐 (zhěngqí) — in an unmarked condition
• Dutch: blanco — in an unmarked condition
• Finnish: puhdas — in an unmarked condition
• Finnish: tyhjä — in an unmarked condition
• Icelandic: auður — in an unmarked condition
• Portuguese: limpo — in an unmarked condition
• Russian: чи́стый (čístyj) — in an unmarked condition
• Afrikaans: rein — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Bulgarian: чист (čist) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Catalan: pur — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Chinese Mandarin: 純潔 /纯洁 (chúnjié) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Dutch: leeg — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Finnish: puhdas — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Finnish: viaton — pure, especially morally or religiously
• French: pur — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Galician: puro — pure, especially morally or religiously
• German: rein — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Greek: αγνός (agnós) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Greek: αμόλυντος (amólyntos) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Hebrew: טָהוֹר (tahór) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Ido: pura — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Irish: glan — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Kashmiri: پَوِتھٕر (pavithụr) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Kashmiri: پاکھ (pākh) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Māori: takakau — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Māori: pokekore — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Mongolian: цэвэр (cever) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Mongolian: ариун (ariun) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Church Slavic: чистъ (čistŭ) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Plautdietsch: rein — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Polish: przyzwoity — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Portuguese: puro — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Portuguese: imaculado — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Romanian: pur — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Russian: чи́стый (čístyj) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏ст — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Serbo-Croatian: čȉst — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Lower Sorbian: cysty — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Spanish: limpio — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Swedish: ren — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Ottoman Turkish: صفی (safi) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Ottoman Turkish: پاك (pak) — pure, especially morally or religiously
• Afrikaans: skoon — not having used mind-altering or mood-changing substances
• French: clean — not having used mind-altering or mood-changing substances
• German: clean — not having used mind-altering or mood-changing substances
• Italian: pulito — not having used mind-altering or mood-changing substances
• Portuguese: limpo — not having used mind-altering or mood-changing substances
• Spanish: limpio — not having used mind-altering or mood-changing substances
• Swedish: ren — not having used mind-altering or mood-changing substances
• Catalan: net — smooth, exact, and performed well
• Chinese Mandarin: 公正 (gōngzhèng) — smooth, exact, and performed well
• Dutch: mooie — smooth, exact, and performed well
• Finnish: puhdas — smooth, exact, and performed well
• German: sauber — smooth, exact, and performed well
• Irish: glan — smooth, exact, and performed well
• Portuguese: limpo — smooth, exact, and performed well
• Russian: чи́стый (čístyj) — smooth, exact, and performed well
• Russian: ро́вный (róvnyj) — smooth, exact, and performed well
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏ст — smooth, exact, and performed well
• Serbo-Croatian: čȉst — smooth, exact, and performed well
• Slovene: čist — smooth, exact, and performed well
• Afrikaans: blink — slang: cool or neat
• Chinese Mandarin: 熟練 /熟练 (shúliàn) — slang: cool or neat
• Dutch: prachtig — slang: cool or neat
• Finnish: siisti — slang: cool or neat
• German: sauber — slang: cool or neat
• Albanian: lir — without restrictions or penalties
• Bulgarian: чист (čist) — without restrictions or penalties
• Chinese Mandarin: 公正 (gōngzhèng) — without restrictions or penalties
• Finnish: puhdas — without restrictions or penalties
• Icelandic: hreinn — without restrictions or penalties
• Italian: pulito — without restrictions or penalties
• Russian: чи́стый (čístyj) — without restrictions or penalties
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏ст — without restrictions or penalties
• Serbo-Croatian: čȉst — without restrictions or penalties
• Slovene: čist — without restrictions or penalties
• Finnish: sileä — allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces
• Afrikaans: skoon — not having sexually transmitted diseases
• Catalan: net — not having sexually transmitted diseases
• Catalan: sa — not having sexually transmitted diseases
• Finnish: puhdas — not having sexually transmitted diseases
• French: clean — not having sexually transmitted diseases
• Afrikaans: skoon — not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs
• Catalan: net — not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs
• Italian: pulito — not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs
• Russian: чи́стый (čístyj) — not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs
• Bulgarian: напълно (napǎlno) — fully and completely
• Bulgarian: изцяло (izcjalo) — fully and completely
• Dutch: schoon — fully and completely
• Dutch: proper — fully and completely
• Finnish: täysin — fully and completely
• Irish: ar fad — fully and completely
• Russian: на́чисто (náčisto) — fully and completely
• Albanian: fshi — removal of dirt
• Kashmiri: صَفٲیی (safạ̄yī) — removal of dirt
• Marathi: सफाई (saphāī) — removal of dirt
• Portuguese: limpeza — removal of dirt
• Portuguese: limpada — removal of dirt
• Bulgarian: изтласкване (iztlaskvane) — first part of "clean and jerk" weightlifting
• Dutch: voorslaan — first part of "clean and jerk" weightlifting
• Finnish: veto — first part of "clean and jerk" weightlifting
• Japanese: クリーン (kurīn) — first part of "clean and jerk" weightlifting
• Korean: 클린 (keullin) — first part of "clean and jerk" weightlifting
• Albanian: pastroj — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Arabic: نَظَّفَ (naẓẓafa) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܵܟ݂ܹܐ (daḳe) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܡܸܙ (tāmiz) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Armenian: մաքրել (makʻrel) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Armenian: սրբել (srbel) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Aromanian: cur — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Aromanian: pãstrescu — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Assamese: চফা কৰা (sopha kora) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Assamese: চাফা কৰা (sapha kora) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Assamese: চাফ চিকুণ কৰা (saph sikun kora) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Assamese: চিকুণ কৰা (sikun kora) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Assamese: পৰিষ্কাৰ কৰা (poriskar kora) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Asturian: llimpiar — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Azerbaijani: təmizləmək — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Azerbaijani: arıtmaq — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Belarusian: чы́сціць (čýscicʹ) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Belarusian: пачы́сціць (pačýscicʹ) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Bengali: পরিষ্কার করা (poriśkar kora) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Bengali: সাফ করা (śaph kora) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Breton: dilouzañ — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Breton: disaotrañ — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Bulgarian: чи́стя (čístja) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Catalan: netejar — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Cherokee: ᎦᏅᎦᎵᎭ (ganvgaliha) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Chickasaw: chifalli — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Chickasaw: chofalli — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Chickasaw: chofatli — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Chinese Mandarin: 打掃 /打扫 (dǎsǎo) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Choctaw: achefa — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Cornish: glanhe — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Czech: čistit — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Czech: vyčistit — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Czech: očistit — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Danish: rense — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Dutch: schoonmaken — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Dutch: kuisen — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Dutch: poetsen — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Dutch: reinigen — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Dutch: wassen — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Esperanto: poluri — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Estonian: puhastama — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Finnish: puhdistaa — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Finnish: siivota — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Finnish: siistiä — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Finnish: putsata — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• French: nettoyer — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• French: poutzer — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Friulian: netâ — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Galician: limpar — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Georgian: წმენდა (c̣menda) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Georgian: გასუფთავება (gasuptaveba) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• German: reinigen — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• German: säubern — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• German: putzen — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• German: abwischen — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• German: abbuddse — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hrainjan) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Greek: καθαρίζω (katharízo) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Mbya Guarani: ky'a'o — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Paraguayan Guarani: mopotĩ — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Haitian Creole: netwaye — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Hindi: साफ़ करना (sāf karnā) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• White Hmong: ntxuav — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Hungarian: tisztít — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Hungarian: takarít — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Icelandic: þrífa — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Icelandic: hreinsa — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Ido: netigar — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Irish: glan — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Italian: pulire — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Italian: nettare — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Japanese: 掃除する (sōji suru) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Japanese: 清潔にする (seiketsu ni suru) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Kabuverdianu: linpa — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Kashmiri: چھَلُن (chalun) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Kashmiri: صاف کَرُن (sāf karun) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Kazakh: тазалау (tazalau) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Khmer: សំអាត (somāt) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Khmer: ជំរះ (jŭmrēah) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Khmer: ដុសលាង (dohlīəng) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Korean: 청소하다 (cheongsohada) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Central Kurdish: پاک کردن (pak kirdin) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Ladin: puzné — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Latin: purgo — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Latin: mundo — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Latin: tergeo — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Latvian: tīrīt — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Latvian: notīrīt — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Latvian: iztīrīt — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Latvian: attīrīt — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Latvian: satīrīt — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Lithuanian: valyti — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Lithuanian: švarinti — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Lombard: nettà — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Lombard: netà — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Luxembourgish: botzen — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Luxembourgish: rengegen — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Luxembourgish: propper maachen — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Macedonian: чисти (čisti) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Malayalam: വൃത്തിയാക്കുക (vr̥ttiyākkuka) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Maltese: naddaf — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Māori: horoi — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Marathi: साफ करणे (sāph karṇe) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Mauritian Creole: netwaye — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Mongolian: цэвэрлэх (ceverlex) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Neapolitan: pulizzà — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Nepali: सफा गर्नु (saphā garnu) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Norman: netti — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Norwegian: gjøre rent — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Occitan: netejar — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Old English: clǣnsian — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Persian: تمیز کردن (tamiz kardan) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Polish: czyścić — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Polish: oczyszczać — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Polish: oczyścić — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Polish: sprzątać — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Portuguese: limpar — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Quechua: mayllay — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Quechua: pichay — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Romanian: curăța — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Romanian: șterge — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Russian: чи́стить (čístitʹ) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Russian: почи́стить (počístitʹ) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Russian: вы́чистить (výčistitʹ) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Russian: очища́ть (očiščátʹ) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Russian: очи́стить (očístitʹ) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Skolt-Sami: čiistâd — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Scots: dicht — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Scottish Gaelic: glan — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏стити — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Serbo-Croatian: čȉstiti — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Sicilian: puliri — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Sindhi: صاف ڪرڻ (ṣāf krṇ) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Slovak: čistiť — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Slovene: čistiti — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Spanish: limpiar — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Swahili: -safisha — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Swedish: rengöra — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Swedish: göra ren — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Tagalog: linisin — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Tagalog: linisan — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Tamil: சுத்தமாக்கு (cuttamākku) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Telugu: శుభ్రం చేయు (śubhraṁ cēyu) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Thai: ล้าง (láang) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Thai: เช็ด (chét) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Tibetan: གཙང་མ་བཟོས (gtsang ma bzos) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Turkish: temizlemek — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Ottoman Turkish: تمیزلهمك (temizlemek) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Tuvan: чуур (çuur) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Ukrainian: чи́стити (čýstyty) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Ukrainian: почи́стити (počýstyty) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Venetan: netare — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Venetan: netar — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Vietnamese: lau — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Vietnamese: làm sạch — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Welsh: glanhau — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Yiddish: פּוצן (putsn) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Yiddish: רייניקן (reynikn) — (transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object
• Armenian: մաքրել (makʻrel) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Azerbaijani: yığışdırmaq — (transitive) to tidy up
• Azerbaijani: səliqəyə salmaq — (transitive) to tidy up
• Bengali: সাফ করা (śaph kora) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Bulgarian: разтребвам (raztrebvam) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Catalan: netejar — (transitive) to tidy up
• Catalan: arreglar — (transitive) to tidy up
• Catalan: ordenar — (transitive) to tidy up
• Chickasaw: chifalli — (transitive) to tidy up
• Chickasaw: chofalli — (transitive) to tidy up
• Chickasaw: chofatli — (transitive) to tidy up
• Chinese Mandarin: 整理 (zhěnglǐ) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Czech: uklidit — (transitive) to tidy up
• Dutch: opruimen — (transitive) to tidy up
• Finnish: siivota — (transitive) to tidy up
• French: ranger — (transitive) to tidy up
• Friulian: netâ — (transitive) to tidy up
• German: aufräumen — (transitive) to tidy up
• German: putzen — (transitive) to tidy up
• Greek: συμμαζεύω (symmazévo) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Hebrew: נִקָּה (niká) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Hindi: साफ़ करना (sāf karnā) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Irish: glan — (transitive) to tidy up
• Italian: ordinare — (transitive) to tidy up
• Japanese: 整理する (sēri suru) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Japanese: 整頓する (sēton suru) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Japanese: 片付ける (katazukeru) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Kashmiri: صاف کَرُن (sāf karun) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Korean: 청소하다 (cheongsohada) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Korean: 소제하다 (sojehada) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Ladin: rumé su — (transitive) to tidy up
• Ladin: puzné — (transitive) to tidy up
• Latin: ordinō — (transitive) to tidy up
• Latvian: kārtot — (transitive) to tidy up
• Latvian: sakārtot — (transitive) to tidy up
• Māori: whakapai — (transitive) to tidy up
• Marathi: साफ करणे (sāph karṇe) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Mongolian: цэвэрлэх (ceverlex) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Mongolian: цэгцлэх (cegclex) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Mongolian: эмхлэх (emxlex) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Portuguese: arrumar — (transitive) to tidy up
• Russian: убира́ть (ubirátʹ) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Russian: убра́ть (ubrátʹ) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Russian: чи́стить (čístitʹ) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Russian: почи́стить (počístitʹ) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Scots: dicht — (transitive) to tidy up
• Scottish Gaelic: glan — (transitive) to tidy up
• Slovene: čistiti — (transitive) to tidy up
• Spanish: arreglar — (transitive) to tidy up
• Swedish: städa — (transitive) to tidy up
• Tagalog: linisin — (transitive) to tidy up
• Tagalog: ayusin — (transitive) to tidy up
• Thai: เก็บกวาด (gèp-gwàat) — (transitive) to tidy up
• Vietnamese: dọn dẹp — (transitive) to tidy up
• Armenian: մաքրել (makʻrel) — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Bulgarian: почиствам (počistvam) — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Czech: uklízet — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Dutch: poetsen — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Dutch: schoonmaken — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Finnish: puhdistaa — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Finnish: siivota — (intransitive) to make things clean
• French: nettoyer — (intransitive) to make things clean
• German: reinigen — (intransitive) to make things clean
• German: säubern — (intransitive) to make things clean
• German: putzen — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Icelandic: þrífa — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Irish: glan — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Japanese: きれいにする (kirei ni suru) — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Latvian: tīrīt — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Luxembourgish: rengegen — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Marathi: सफाई करणे (saphāī karṇe) — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Marathi: साफसफाई करणे (sāphasphāī karṇe) — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Norman: netti — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Portuguese: limpar — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Scots: dicht — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Scottish Gaelic: glan — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Tagalog: maglinis — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Thai: ทําความสะอาด (tam-kwaam-sà-àat) — (intransitive) to make things clean
• Finnish: (kevyesti) harjata — (intransitive) to brush lightly in front of a curling rock