Standard Lemma guide

dishwasher

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɪʃˌwɒʃə/
  • US: /ˈdɪʃˌwɑʃɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH1 SH W AA2 SH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A machine for washing dishes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • load the dishwasher

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone who washes dishes, especially one hired to wash dishes in a restaurant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dishy

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A European bird, the wagtail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Cornwall, UK, dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A bird, the restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a machine for washing dishes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dish washer, dishwashing machine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: white goods

6

noun

Meaning 6

someone who washes dishes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack

History

Etymology

From Middle English dysche wescheare, equivalent to dish + washer.

Across languages

Translations

148 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: skottelgoedwasser — machine
  • Albanian: pjatalarëse — machine
  • Arabic: غَسَّالَة صُحُون (ḡassālat ṣuḥūn) — machine
  • Arabic: غسّالة صحُون (ḡassālat ṣuḥūn) — machine
  • Armenian: աման լվացող սարք (aman lvacʻoġ sarkʻ) — machine
  • Azerbaijani: qabyuyan maşın — machine
  • Azerbaijani: qabyuyan — machine
  • Basque: ontzi-garbigailu — machine
  • Basque: plater-ikuzgailu — machine
  • Belarusian: пасудамы́йная машы́на (pasudamýjnaja mašýna) — machine
  • Belarusian: пасудамы́йка (pasudamýjka) — machine
  • Bulgarian: съдомия́лна маши́на (sǎdomijálna mašína) — machine
  • Bulgarian: съдомия́лня (sǎdomijálnja) — machine
  • Burmese: ပန်းကန်ဆေးစက် (pan:kanhce:cak) — machine
  • Catalan: rentaplats — machine
  • Catalan: rentavaixella — machine
  • Chinese Cantonese: 洗碗碟機 /洗碗碟机 (sai2 wun2 dip6 gei1) — machine
  • Chinese Cantonese: 洗碗機 /洗碗机 (sai2 wun2 gei1) — machine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洗碗機 /洗碗机 (xǐwǎnjī) — machine
  • Czech: myčka — machine
  • Czech: myčka nádobí — machine
  • Danish: opvaskemaskine — machine
  • Dutch: vaatwasser — machine
  • Dutch: vaatwasmachine — machine
  • Dutch: afwasmachine — machine
  • Esperanto: telerlavilo — machine
  • Estonian: nõudepesumasin — machine
  • Faroese: uppvaskimaskina — machine
  • Finnish: astianpesukone — machine
  • Finnish: tiskikone — machine
  • French: lave-vaisselle — machine
  • Galician: lavalouza — machine
  • Georgian: ჭურჭლის სარეცხი მანქანა (č̣urč̣lis sarecxi mankana) — machine
  • German: Geschirrspüler — machine
  • German: Geschirrspülmaschine — machine
  • German: Spülmaschine — machine
  • Greek: πλυντήριο πιάτων (plyntírio piáton) — machine
  • Greenlandic: erruissut — machine
  • Hebrew: מֵדִיחַ כֵּלִים (medíakh kelím) — machine
  • Hebrew: מֵדִיחַ (medíakh) — machine
  • Hindi: पात्र प्रक्षालक (pātra prakṣālak) — machine
  • Hindi: डिशवाशर (ḍiśvāśar) — machine
  • Hungarian: mosogatógép — machine
  • Icelandic: uppþvottavél — machine
  • Irish: miasniteoir — machine
  • Italian: lavastoviglie — machine
  • Italian: lavapiatti — machine
  • Japanese: 食器洗浄機 (shokkisenjōki) — machine
  • Japanese: 食器洗い機 (shokkiaraiki) — machine
  • Japanese: 食洗機 (shokusenki) — machine
  • Japanese: 皿洗い機 (sara-araiki) — machine
  • Kazakh: ыдыс-аяқ жуу машинасы (ydys-aäq juu maşinasy) — machine
  • Kazakh: ыдыс жуатын мәшине (ydys juatyn mäşine) — machine
  • Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនលាងចាន (maasɨn liəng caan) — machine
  • Korean: 식기세척기 (sikgisecheokgi) — machine
  • Northern Kurdish: firaxşok — machine
  • Northern Kurdish: amanşok — machine
  • Kyrgyz: идиш жуугуч (idiş juuguc) — machine
  • Lao: ຈັກລ້າງຖ້ວຍ (chak lāng thuāi) — machine
  • Latvian: trauku mazgājamā mašīna — machine
  • Lithuanian: indaplovė — machine
  • Macedonian: садомијачка (sadomijačka) — machine
  • Malay: mesin pencuci pinggan — machine
  • Māori: pūrere horoi maitai — machine
  • Mongolian: аяга таваг угаагч (ajaga tavag ugaagč) — machine
  • Norman: machinne à laver les vaissieaux — machine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppvaskmaskin — machine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oppvaskmaskin — machine
  • Occitan: vaisseladoira — machine
  • Occitan: lavavaissèla — machine
  • Occitan: lavavaishèra — machine
  • Iranian Persian: ماشینِ ظَرْفشویی (mâšin-e zarf-šuyi) — machine
  • Polish: zmywarka — machine
  • Polish: zmywarka do naczyń — machine
  • Portuguese: lavalouça — machine
  • Romanian: mașină de spălat vase — machine
  • Romansh: maschina da lavar giu — machine
  • Russian: посудомо́ечная маши́на (posudomóječnaja mašína) — machine
  • Russian: посудомо́йка (posudomójka) — machine
  • Scottish Gaelic: nigheadair-shoithichean — machine
  • Serbo-Croatian: suđerica — machine
  • Serbo-Croatian: машина за прање судова — machine
  • Serbo-Croatian: перилица посуђа — machine
  • Serbo-Croatian: mašina za pranje sudova — machine
  • Serbo-Croatian: perilica posuđa — machine
  • Slovak: umývačka riadu — machine
  • Slovene: pomivalni stroj — machine
  • Spanish: lavaplatos — machine
  • Spanish: lavavajillas — machine
  • Spanish: lavavajilla — machine
  • Spanish: friegaplatos — machine
  • Swedish: diskmaskin — machine
  • Tajik: зарфшӯяк (zarfšüyak) — machine
  • Thai: เครื่องล้างจาน (krʉ̂ʉang-láang-jaan) — machine
  • Turkish: bulaşık makinesi — machine
  • Ukrainian: посудоми́йна маши́на (posudomýjna mašýna) — machine
  • Ukrainian: посудоми́йка (posudomýjka) — machine
  • Urdu: ڈِش واشَر (ḍiś vāśar) — machine
  • Uyghur: قاچا يۇيۇش ماشىنىسى (qacha yuyush mashinisi) — machine
  • Uzbek: idish yuvish mashinasi — machine
  • Vietnamese: máy rửa chén — machine
  • Vietnamese: máy rửa bát — machine
  • Volapük: bovilavacin — machine
  • Welsh: peiriant golchi llestri — machine
  • Bulgarian: мия́ч на съ́дове (mijáč na sǎ́dove) — person
  • Catalan: rentaplats — person
  • Catalan: marmitó — person
  • Catalan: marmitona — person
  • Cebuano: tighugas og plato — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洗碗工 (xǐwǎn gōng) — person
  • Danish: opvasker — person
  • Dutch: afwasser — person
  • Dutch: afwasster — person
  • Finnish: tiskaaja — person
  • Finnish: astianpesijä — person
  • Finnish: tiskari — person
  • French: plongeur — person
  • French: plongeuse — person
  • Galician: lavapratos — person
  • German: Abwäscher — person
  • German: Abwäscherin — person
  • Hungarian: mosogató — person
  • Icelandic: uppvaskari — person
  • Italian: lavapiatti — person
  • Japanese: 皿洗い (saraarai) — person
  • Khmer: អ្នកលាងចាន (nĕək liəng caan) — person
  • Korean: 접시 닦는 사람 (jeopsi dangneun saram) — person
  • Macedonian: садомијач (sadomijač) — person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppvasker — person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppvaskhjelp — person
  • Polish: pomywacz — person
  • Polish: pomywaczka — person
  • Portuguese: lavador de louça/louças — person
  • Romanian: spălător de vase — person
  • Russian: судомо́йка (sudomójka) — person
  • Russian: посудомо́йка (posudomójka) — person
  • Russian: мо́йщик посу́ды (mójščik posúdy) — person
  • Russian: мо́йщица посу́ды (mójščica posúdy) — person
  • Spanish: lavaplatos — person
  • Spanish: friegaplatos — person
  • Swedish: diskare — person
  • Tagalog: tagahugas ng pinggan — person
  • Tagalog: tagahugas ng plato — person
  • Turkish: bulaşıkçı — person
  • Ukrainian: посудоми́йник (posudomýjnyk) — person
  • Ukrainian: посудоми́йниця (posudomýjnycja) — person
  • Ukrainian: ми́йник по́суду (mýjnyk pósudu) — person
  • Ukrainian: ми́йниця по́суду (mýjnycja pósudu) — person