Phrase guide

clothes peg

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clothespin, clothes pin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِشْبَك مَلَابِس (mišbak malābis) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Armenian: լվացքի ամրակ (lvacʻkʻi amrak) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Azerbaijani: sıxac — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Azerbaijani: şpilka — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Azerbaijani: ipəzor — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Belarusian: прышчэ́пка (pryščépka) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Bulgarian: щи́пка (štípka) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Bulgarian: щипка за пране (štipka za prane) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Bulgarian: щипка за дрехи (štipka za drehi) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Catalan: agulla d'estendre — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Catalan: gafa — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Catalan: pinça — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Chinese Mandarin: 衣夾 /衣夹 (yījiā) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Cree: ᐲᓈᐦᑎᒄ (piinaahtikw) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Crimean Tatar: qısqıs — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Czech: kolíček na prádlo — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Danish: tøjklemme — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Dutch: wasknijper — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Dutch: wasspeld — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Estonian: pesupulk — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Faroese: klemma — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Faroese: toyklemma — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Finnish: pyykkipoika — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • French: pince à linge — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • French: épingle à linge — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Georgian: მომჭერი (momč̣eri) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Georgian: დამჭერი (damč̣eri) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • German: Wäscheklammer — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • German: Kluppe — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Greek: μανταλάκι (mantaláki) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Hungarian: ruhaszárító csipesz — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Icelandic: þvottaklemma — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Irish: pionna éadaigh — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Italian: molletta — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Italian: molletta da bucato — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Japanese: 洗濯挟み (sentakubasami) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Kazakh: кірқыстырғыш (kırqystyrğyş) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Khmer: តម្បៀតខោអាវ (tɑmbiət khao ʼaaw) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Korean: 빨래집게 (ppallaejipge) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Ladino: tranka — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Ladino: mandalakya — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Ladino: masha (Izmir) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Macedonian: шти́пка (štípka) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Malay: penyepit baju — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Mongolian: хувцасны хавчаар (xuvcasny xavčaar) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Norman: êpîle à lînge — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klesklype — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Persian: گیره لباس (gire-ye lebâs) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Persian: گیره رخت (gire-ye raxt) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Persian: قیدک کالا (qaydak-e kâlâ) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Polish: klamerka — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Polish: spinacz — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Polish: żabka — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Portuguese: prendedor de roupa — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Portuguese: pregador — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Portuguese: grampo de roupa — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Portuguese: mola — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Portuguese: prisão — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Russian: прище́пка (priščépka) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Scottish Gaelic: cnag-aodaich — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Serbo-Croatian: штипаљка — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Serbo-Croatian: štipaljka — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Spanish: pinza de tender — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Spanish: pinza — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Spanish: broche — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Swedish: klädnypa — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Swedish: tvättklämma — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Tagalog: sipit — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Tajik: чангак (čangak) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Tausug: sipit — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Thai: ไม้หนีบผ้า (máai-nìip-pâa) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Turkish: mandal — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Ukrainian: прищі́пка (pryščípka) — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Uzbek: qisqich — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline
  • Venetan: mojeca — an object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline