washing

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• UK: /ˈwɒʃ.ɪŋ/
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• General-American: wäsh′ĭng
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• General-American: /ˈwɑʃ.ɪŋ/
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• Australian: /ˈwɔʃ.ɪŋ/
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Inherited from Middle English waschynge /wasshynge /weschynge, from Old English *wæsċing /*weasċing (attested in weasċingweġ), from Proto-West Germanic *waskingu. By surface analysis, wash + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaskenge (“washing”), West Frisian wasking (“washing”), Dutch wassing (“washing”), German Waschung (“washing”).

Inherited from Middle English waschyng /wasschinge /wasschynge /wassende /wesschinge, from Old English *wæsċende /*wasċende, from Proto-West Germanic *waskandī, from Proto-Germanic *waskandz (“washing”), present participle of *waskaną (“to wash”). By surface analysis, wash + -ing. Cognate with Dutch wassend, German waschend, Swedish vaskande.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: լվացում (lvacʻum) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Armenian: լվացք (lvacʻkʻ) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Bulgarian: ми́ене (míene) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Bulgarian: пране́ (prané) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Catalan: rentada — action of the verb "to wash"
• Finnish: pesu — action of the verb "to wash"
• Finnish: peseminen — action of the verb "to wash"
• Finnish: huuhdonta — action of the verb "to wash"
• Finnish: huuhtominen — action of the verb "to wash"
• French: lavage — action of the verb "to wash"
• Galician: lavado — action of the verb "to wash"
• Galician: lavadura — action of the verb "to wash"
• Georgian: რეცხვა (recxva) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Georgian: ბანვა (banva) — action of the verb "to wash"
• German: Waschen — action of the verb "to wash"
• Ancient Greek: λοῦσις (loûsis) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Ancient Greek: πλῠ́σις (plŭ́sis) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Hungarian: mosás — action of the verb "to wash"
• Irish: ní — action of the verb "to wash"
• Irish: níochán — action of the verb "to wash"
• Japanese: 洗濯 (sentaku) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Latin: ablūtiō — action of the verb "to wash"
• Middle English: wasshynge — action of the verb "to wash"
• Norman: lavage — action of the verb "to wash"
• Polish: mycie — action of the verb "to wash"
• Polish: pranie — action of the verb "to wash"
• Portuguese: lavação — action of the verb "to wash"
• Portuguese: lavagem — action of the verb "to wash"
• Portuguese: lavamento — action of the verb "to wash"
• Portuguese: lavadura — action of the verb "to wash"
• Quechua: mayllay — action of the verb "to wash"
• Russian: мытьё (mytʹjó) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Russian: сти́рка (stírka) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Russian: мо́йка (mójka) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Russian: промыва́ние (promyvánije) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Russian: промы́вка (promývka) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Spanish: lavado — action of the verb "to wash"
• Spanish: lavatorio — action of the verb "to wash"
• Spanish: lavadura — action of the verb "to wash"
• Spanish: lavada — action of the verb "to wash"
• Spanish: lavamiento — action of the verb "to wash"
• Spanish: ablución — action of the verb "to wash"
• Swedish: tvätt — action of the verb "to wash"
• Taos: kòʼóne — action of the verb "to wash"
• Telugu: కడుగుట (kaḍuguṭa) — action of the verb "to wash"
• Tocharian B: laiko — action of the verb "to wash"
• Armenian: լվացք (lvacʻkʻ) — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Azerbaijani: paltar — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Bulgarian: пране́ (prané) — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Ewe: nunyanya — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Finnish: pyykki — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• French: linge — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• German: Wäsche — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Hungarian: mosnivaló — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Hungarian: szennyes — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Hungarian: tiszta ruha — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Irish: níochán — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Italian: bucato — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Japanese: 洗濯物 (sentakumono) — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Māori: horoinga — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Polish: pranie — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Russian: бельё (belʹjó) — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Swedish: tvätt — textiles that have been or are to be washed
• Finnish: huuhtelujäte — residue after an ore, etc., has been washed
• Ancient Greek: πλῠ́μα (plŭ́ma) — residue after an ore, etc., has been washed
• Polish: pozostałości po myciu — residue after an ore, etc., has been washed
• Finnish: huuhde — liquid used to wash an ore
• Polish: płyn do mycia — liquid used to wash an ore