cleaner

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkliː.nə/
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• General-American: /ˈkli.nɚ/
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• rhymes with -iːnə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K L IY1 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English clener, clenner, clanner, clannere, from Old English clǣnra, clǣnre (“cleaner, purer, clearer”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainiʀō (“daintier, more delicate”), from Proto-Germanic *klainizô (“shinier, finer, more splendid”), equivalent to clean + -er.

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

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pastrues — person who cleans
• Albanian: pastruese — person who cleans
• Arabic: مُنَظِّف (munaẓẓif) — person who cleans
• Arabic: مُنَظِّفَة (munaẓẓifa) — person who cleans
• Armenian: հավաքարար (havakʻarar) — person who cleans
• Armenian: հավաքարարուհի (havakʻararuhi) — person who cleans
• Azerbaijani: süpürgəçi — person who cleans
• Basque: garbitzaile — person who cleans
• Belarusian: убіра́льнік (ubirálʹnik) — person who cleans
• Belarusian: убіра́льніца (ubirálʹnica) — person who cleans
• Belarusian: прыбіра́льнік (prybirálʹnik) — person who cleans
• Belarusian: прыбіра́льніца (prybirálʹnica) — person who cleans
• Belarusian: прыбіра́льшчык (prybirálʹščyk) — person who cleans
• Belarusian: прыбіра́льшчыца (prybirálʹščyca) — person who cleans
• Bulgarian: чиста́ч (čistáč) — person who cleans
• Bulgarian: чиста́чка (čistáčka) — person who cleans
• Burmese: သန့်ရှင်းရေးသမား (san.hrang:re:sa.ma:) — person who cleans
• Catalan: netejador — person who cleans
• Chinese Mandarin: 清潔工 /清洁工 (qīngjiégōng) — person who cleans
• Czech: uklízeč — person who cleans
• Czech: uklízečka — person who cleans
• Danish: pudser — person who cleans
• Danish: skraldemand — person who cleans
• Dutch: schoonmaker — person who cleans
• Dutch: schoonmaakster — person who cleans
• Esperanto: purigisto — person who cleans
• Estonian: koristaja — person who cleans
• Finnish: siivooja — person who cleans
• Finnish: siistijä — person who cleans
• French: nettoyeur — person who cleans
• French: nettoyeuse — person who cleans
• Galician: limpador — person who cleans
• Georgian: დამლაგებელი (damlagebeli) — person who cleans
• Georgian: მწმენდავი (mc̣mendavi) — person who cleans
• German: Reinigungskraft — person who cleans
• German: Gebäudereiniger — person who cleans
• German: Gebäudereinigerin — person who cleans
• German: Putzfrau (charwoman) — person who cleans
• German: Putzmann — person who cleans
• Greek: καθαριστής (katharistís) — person who cleans
• Greek: καθαρίστρια (katharístria) — person who cleans
• Ancient Greek: καθαρτής (kathartḗs) — person who cleans
• Hebrew: מְנַקֶּה (menaké) — person who cleans
• Hindi: क्लीनर (klīnar) — person who cleans
• Hindi: सफ़ाईकार (safāīkār) — person who cleans
• Hungarian: takarító — person who cleans
• Hungarian: takarítónő — person who cleans
• Hungarian: bejárónő — person who cleans
• Icelandic: hreingerningarmaður — person who cleans
• Icelandic: ræstingarkona — person who cleans
• Italian: addetto alle pulizie — person who cleans
• Italian: addetta alle pulizie — person who cleans
• Japanese: 清掃員 (seisōin) — person who cleans
• Japanese: 掃除婦 (sōjifu) — person who cleans
• Kazakh: сыпырушы (sypyruşy) — person who cleans
• Kazakh: тазалаушы (tazalauşy) — person who cleans
• Khmer: អ្នកបោសសំអាត (nĕək baoh sɑmʼaat) — person who cleans
• Khmer: អ្នកបោសជូត (nĕək baoh cuut) — person who cleans
• Korean: 청소부 (cheongsobu) — person who cleans
• Korean: 청소부 (cheongsobu) — person who cleans
• Korean: 소제부 (sojebu) — person who cleans
• Kyrgyz: тазалагыч (tazalagıc) — person who cleans
• Latvian: apkopējs — person who cleans
• Latvian: apkopēja — person who cleans
• Lithuanian: valytojas — person who cleans
• Lithuanian: valytoja — person who cleans
• Macedonian: чистач (čistač) — person who cleans
• Macedonian: чистачка (čistačka) — person who cleans
• Mongolian: цэвэрлэгч (ceverlegč) — person who cleans
• Norman: nettisseux — person who cleans
• Norwegian Bokmål: renholder — person who cleans
• Norwegian Bokmål: reinholder — person who cleans
• Norwegian Nynorsk: reinhaldar — person who cleans
• Iranian Persian: نِظافَتْچی (nezâfatči) — person who cleans
• Polish: sprzątacz — person who cleans
• Polish: sprzątaczka — person who cleans
• Portuguese: limpador — person who cleans
• Romanian: om de serviciu — person who cleans
• Romanian: femeie de serviciu — person who cleans
• Russian: убо́рщик (ubórščik) — person who cleans
• Russian: убо́рщица (ubórščica) — person who cleans
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-glanaidh — person who cleans
• Serbo-Croatian: чѝста̄ч — person who cleans
• Serbo-Croatian: чиста̀чица — person who cleans
• Serbo-Croatian: čìstāč — person who cleans
• Serbo-Croatian: čistàčica — person who cleans
• Slovak: upratovač — person who cleans
• Slovak: upratovačka — person who cleans
• Slovene: čistilec — person who cleans
• Slovene: čistilka — person who cleans
• Slovene: snažilec — person who cleans
• Slovene: snažilka — person who cleans
• Spanish: limpiador — person who cleans
• Swedish: städare — person who cleans
• Swedish: städerska — person who cleans
• Tagalog: tagalinis — person who cleans
• Tajik: фаррош (farroš) — person who cleans
• Tatar: җыештыручы (cıyıştıruçı) — person who cleans
• Thai: คนทําความสะอาด (kon-tam-kwaam-sà-àat) — person who cleans
• Turkish: temizlikçi — person who cleans
• Turkish: hademe — person who cleans
• Ukrainian: прибира́льник (prybyrálʹnyk) — person who cleans
• Ukrainian: прибира́льниця (prybyrálʹnycja) — person who cleans
• Urdu: کِلِینَر (kilīnar) — person who cleans
• Uzbek: farrosh — person who cleans
• Uzbek: tozalovchi — person who cleans
• Vietnamese: người quét dọn nhà cửa — person who cleans
• Volapük: klinükan — person who cleans
• Volapük: hiklinükan — person who cleans
• Volapük: jiklinükan — person who cleans
• Dutch: reiniger — device that cleans
• Esperanto: purigilo — device that cleans
• Finnish: puhdistin — device that cleans
• Finnish: imuri — device that cleans
• French: nettoyeur — device that cleans
• Hungarian: takarítógép — device that cleans
• Norman: nettisseux — device that cleans
• Polish: oczyszczarka — device that cleans
• Polish: oczyszczacz — device that cleans
• Portuguese: limpador — device that cleans
• Romanian: aspirator — device that cleans
• Serbo-Croatian: чѝста̄ч — device that cleans
• Serbo-Croatian: čìstāč — device that cleans
• Dutch: reinigingsmiddel — substance used for cleaning
• Dutch: reiniger — substance used for cleaning
• Finnish: puhdistusaine — substance used for cleaning
• French: nettoyant — substance used for cleaning
• German: Reiniger — substance used for cleaning
• Hungarian: tisztítószer — substance used for cleaning
• Norwegian Bokmål: rengjøringsmiddel — substance used for cleaning
• Polish: środek czyszczący — substance used for cleaning
• Polish: detergent — substance used for cleaning
• Romanian: detergent — substance used for cleaning
• Russian: очисти́тель (očistítelʹ) — substance used for cleaning
• Swedish: rengöringsmedel — substance used for cleaning
• Arabic: مصبنة (maṣbana) — professional laundry
• Dutch: wasserij — professional laundry
• Finnish: pesula — professional laundry
• French: pressing — professional laundry
• Hungarian: tisztító — professional laundry
• Hungarian: vegytisztító — professional laundry
• Hungarian: ruhatisztító — professional laundry
• Hungarian: mosoda — professional laundry
• Polish: pralnia — professional laundry
• Portuguese: lavanderia — professional laundry
• Romanian: curățătorie — professional laundry