cleanse

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From Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“clean”). Cognate with West Frisian klinzgje (“to clean, cleanse”), archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean, purify”), Middle Low German klênsen, kleinsen, clensen (“to purify”).

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: neteja — purification, cleansing
• German: Reinigung — purification, cleansing
• Breton: glanaat — to clean, purify
• Bulgarian: изчиствам (izčistvam) — to clean, purify
• Bulgarian: почиствам (počistvam) — to clean, purify
• Catalan: netejar — to clean, purify
• Chinese: 清洗 (qīngxǐ) — to clean, purify
• Czech: očistit se — to clean, purify
• Czech: očistit — to clean, purify
• Czech: pročistit — to clean, purify
• Dutch: reinigen — to clean, purify
• Dutch: schoonmaken — to clean, purify
• Finnish: puhdistaa — to clean, purify
• German: reinigen — to clean, purify
• German: säubern — to clean, purify
• Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hrainjan) — to clean, purify
• Ancient Greek: καθαρίζω (katharízō) — to clean, purify
• Ancient Greek: καθαίρω (kathaírō) — to clean, purify
• Ancient Greek: ἁγνίζω (hagnízō) — to clean, purify
• Hebrew: איבק (ibék) — to clean, purify
• Italian: ripulire — to clean, purify
• Italian: pulire — to clean, purify
• Italian: purificare — to clean, purify
• Italian: detergere — to clean, purify
• Japanese: 浄化する (Jōka suru) — to clean, purify
• Japanese: 清める (Kiyomeru) — to clean, purify
• Korean: 씻다 (ssitda) — to clean, purify
• Latin: abluō — to clean, purify
• Latin: mundo — to clean, purify
• Latin: luo — to clean, purify
• Old English: clǣnsian — to clean, purify
• Old English: fǣlsian — to clean, purify
• Polish: oczyścić — to clean, purify
• Portuguese: limpar — to clean, purify
• Russian: очищать (očiščatʹ) — to clean, purify
• Sanskrit: क्षिपति (kṣipati) — to clean, purify
• Sanskrit: पवयति (pavayati) — to clean, purify
• Spanish: acendrar — to clean, purify
• Spanish: cendrar — to clean, purify
• Spanish: aquilatar — to clean, purify
• Spanish: acrisolar — to clean, purify
• Thai: ชําระ (cham-rá) — to clean, purify
• Thai: ล้าง (láang) — to clean, purify
• Turkish: temizlemek — to clean, purify
• Ottoman Turkish: طهارتلنمك (tahâretlenmek) — to clean, purify
• Bulgarian: пречиствам (prečistvam) — to spiritually purify
• Catalan: purificar — to spiritually purify
• Maore Comorian: utwaharisha — to spiritually purify
• Czech: očistit se — to spiritually purify
• Finnish: puhdistaa — to spiritually purify
• French: purifier — to spiritually purify
• Ancient Greek: καθαρίζω (katharízō) — to spiritually purify
• Ancient Greek: ἁγνίζω (hagnízō) — to spiritually purify
• Hebrew: טיהר (tihér) — to spiritually purify
• Italian: purificare — to spiritually purify
• Japanese: 浄化する — to spiritually purify
• Korean: 정화하다 (jeonghwahada) — to spiritually purify
• Polish: oczyścić — to spiritually purify
• Portuguese: purificar — to spiritually purify
• Russian: очищать (očiščatʹ) — to spiritually purify
• Sanskrit: पवयति (pavayati) — to spiritually purify
• Thai: ชําระ (cham-rá) — to spiritually purify
• Thai: ล้าง (láang) — to spiritually purify
• Turkish: taharetlenmek — to spiritually purify
• Ottoman Turkish: طهارتلنمك (tahâretlenmek) — to spiritually purify