Phrase guide

washing machine

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A machine, usually automatic, that washes clothes, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She put all the dirty clothes in the washing machine.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wash machine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: washer

2

noun

Meaning 2

a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: washer, automatic washer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: white goods

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аӡәӡәага машьына (adzwdzwaga mašəna) — machine that washes clothes
  • Afrikaans: wasmasjien — machine that washes clothes
  • Albanian: makinë larëse — machine that washes clothes
  • Albanian: lavatriçe — machine that washes clothes
  • Arabic: غَسَّالَة (ḡassāla) — machine that washes clothes
  • Arabic: غَسَّالَة (ḡassāle) — machine that washes clothes
  • Arabic: مكينة الصابون (makīnet eṣ-ṣābūn) — machine that washes clothes
  • Arabic: مكينة التصبين (makīnet et-taṣbīn) — machine that washes clothes
  • Arabic: مكينة الغسيل (makīnet le-ḡsīl) — machine that washes clothes
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܣܠܝܵܢܬܵܐ (māslyanta) — machine that washes clothes
  • Armenian: լվացքի մեքենա (lvacʻkʻi mekʻena) — machine that washes clothes
  • Azerbaijani: paltaryuyan maşın — machine that washes clothes
  • Basque: garbigailu — machine that washes clothes
  • Basque: ikuzgailu — machine that washes clothes
  • Belarusian: пра́льная машы́на (prálʹnaja mašýna) — machine that washes clothes
  • Bengali: ওয়াশিং মেশিন (ōẇaśiṅ meśin) — machine that washes clothes
  • Bulgarian: пера́лна маши́на (perálna mašína) — machine that washes clothes
  • Bulgarian: пера́лня (perálnja) — machine that washes clothes
  • Burmese: အဝတ်လျှောက်စက် (a.wathlyaukcak) — machine that washes clothes
  • Catalan: rentadora — machine that washes clothes
  • Chechen: хӏуманаш юьтту машен (humanaš jüttu mašen) — machine that washes clothes
  • Cherokee: ᏗᎬᎩᎣᏍᎩ (digvgiosgi) — machine that washes clothes
  • Chinese Cantonese: 洗衣機 /洗衣机 (sai2 ji1 gei1) — machine that washes clothes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洗衣機 /洗衣机 (xǐyījī) — machine that washes clothes
  • Cimbrian: bèschmaschì — machine that washes clothes
  • Corsican: lavatrice — machine that washes clothes
  • Czech: pračka — machine that washes clothes
  • Danish: vaskemaskine — machine that washes clothes
  • Dutch: wasmachine — machine that washes clothes
  • Esperanto: lavmaŝino — machine that washes clothes
  • Estonian: pesumasin — machine that washes clothes
  • Faroese: vaskimaskina — machine that washes clothes
  • Finnish: pesukone — machine that washes clothes
  • Finnish: pyykinpesukone — machine that washes clothes
  • Finnish: pyykkikone — machine that washes clothes
  • French: lave-linge — machine that washes clothes
  • French: machine à laver — machine that washes clothes
  • French: laveuse — machine that washes clothes
  • West-Frisian: wasmasine — machine that washes clothes
  • Galician: lavadora — machine that washes clothes
  • Georgian: სარეცხი მანქანა (sarecxi mankana) — machine that washes clothes
  • German: Waschmaschine — machine that washes clothes
  • Greek: πλυντήριο (plyntírio) — machine that washes clothes
  • Greek: πλυντήριο ρούχων (plyntírio roúchon) — machine that washes clothes
  • Greenlandic: errorsissut — machine that washes clothes
  • Greenlandic: errorsivik — machine that washes clothes
  • Hebrew: מְכוֹנַת כְּבִיסָה (mekhonát kvisá) — machine that washes clothes
  • Hindi: कपड़ा धोने की मशीन (kapṛā dhone kī maśīn) — machine that washes clothes
  • Hungarian: mosógép — machine that washes clothes
  • Icelandic: þvottavél — machine that washes clothes
  • Indonesian: mesin cuci — machine that washes clothes
  • Irish: meaisín níocháin — machine that washes clothes
  • Irish: inneall níocháin — machine that washes clothes
  • Italian: lavatrice — machine that washes clothes
  • Japanese: 洗濯機 — machine that washes clothes
  • Kazakh: кір жуғыш машина (kır juğyş maşina) — machine that washes clothes
  • Kazakh: кір жуатын машина (kır juatyn maşina) — machine that washes clothes
  • Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនបោកគក់ (maasɨn baok kŭək) — machine that washes clothes
  • Korean: 세탁기 (setakgi) — machine that washes clothes
  • Northern Kurdish: cilşok — machine that washes clothes
  • Kyrgyz: кир жуугуч машине (kir juuguc maşine) — machine that washes clothes
  • Lao: ຈັກຊັກເຄື່ອງ (chak sak khư̄ang) — machine that washes clothes
  • Lao: ຈັກຊັກຜ້າ (chak sak phā) — machine that washes clothes
  • Latvian: veļas mašīna — machine that washes clothes
  • Lithuanian: skalbimo mašina — machine that washes clothes
  • Lithuanian: skalbyklė — machine that washes clothes
  • Lower Tanana: beyi ch'etolyaghi — machine that washes clothes
  • Luxembourgish: Wäschmaschinn — machine that washes clothes
  • Macedonian: пера́лна (perálna) — machine that washes clothes
  • Malay: mesin basuh — machine that washes clothes
  • Maltese: magni tal-ħasil — machine that washes clothes
  • Marathi: वॉशिंग मशीन (vŏśiṅga maśīn) — machine that washes clothes
  • Mongolian: угаалгын машин (ugaalgyn mašin) — machine that washes clothes
  • Navajo: bee iigisí — machine that washes clothes
  • Norman: machinne à laver — machine that washes clothes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vaskemaskin — machine that washes clothes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vaskemaskin — machine that washes clothes
  • Occitan: lavadoira — machine that washes clothes
  • Occitan: lavalinge — machine that washes clothes
  • Pannonian Rusyn: райбачка (rajbačka) — machine that washes clothes
  • Iranian Persian: ماشینِ لِباسشویی (mâšin-e lebâs-šuyi) — machine that washes clothes
  • Iranian Persian: ماشینِ رَخْتشویی (mâšin-e raxt-šuyi) — machine that washes clothes
  • Plautdietsch: Wauschmaschien — machine that washes clothes
  • Polish: pralka — machine that washes clothes
  • Portuguese: máquina de lavar roupa — machine that washes clothes
  • Portuguese: máquina de lavar — machine that washes clothes
  • Romanian: mașină de spălat — machine that washes clothes
  • Romansh: maschina da lavar — machine that washes clothes
  • Russian: стира́льная маши́на (stirálʹnaja mašína) — machine that washes clothes
  • Russian: стира́лка (stirálka) — machine that washes clothes
  • Serbo-Croatian: ве̏шмашӣна — machine that washes clothes
  • Serbo-Croatian: ва̏шмашӣна — machine that washes clothes
  • Serbo-Croatian: пѐрилица — machine that washes clothes
  • Serbo-Croatian: vȅšmašīna — machine that washes clothes
  • Serbo-Croatian: vȁšmašīna — machine that washes clothes
  • Serbo-Croatian: pèrilica — machine that washes clothes
  • Slovak: práčka — machine that washes clothes
  • Slovene: pralni stroj — machine that washes clothes
  • Lower Sorbian: pałkańska mašina — machine that washes clothes
  • Upper Sorbian: płokawa — machine that washes clothes
  • Upper Sorbian: płokanska mašina — machine that washes clothes
  • Southern Altai: кийим јунар машина (kiyim ǰunar mašina) — machine that washes clothes
  • Spanish: lavadora — machine that washes clothes
  • Spanish: lavarropas — machine that washes clothes
  • Spanish: lavarropa — machine that washes clothes
  • Swahili: mashine ya kufulia — machine that washes clothes
  • Swedish: tvättmaskin — machine that washes clothes
  • Tagalog: makinang panlaba — machine that washes clothes
  • Tajik: мошинаи либосшӯӣ (mošina-yi libosšüyi) — machine that washes clothes
  • Tajik: мошинаи ҷомашӯӣ (mošina-yi jomašüyi) — machine that washes clothes
  • Tatar: кер юу машинасы (ker yuwu maşinası) — machine that washes clothes
  • Thai: เครื่องซักผ้า (krʉ̂ʉang-sák-pâa) — machine that washes clothes
  • Tibetan: འཁྲུ་འཁོར ('khru 'khor) — machine that washes clothes
  • Tibetan: འཁྲུ་ཡག་འཕྲུལ་འཁོར ('khru yag 'phrul 'khor) — machine that washes clothes
  • Turkish: çamaşır makinası — machine that washes clothes
  • Turkish: çamaşır makinesi — machine that washes clothes
  • Turkmen: ýuwýan maşyn — machine that washes clothes
  • Ukrainian: пра́льна маши́на (prálʹna mašýna) — machine that washes clothes
  • Ukrainian: пра́лка (prálka) — machine that washes clothes
  • Urdu: دھونے والی مَشِین (dhone vālī maśīn) — machine that washes clothes
  • Uyghur: كىرئالغۇ (kir'alghu) — machine that washes clothes
  • Uzbek: kir mashina — machine that washes clothes
  • Uzbek: kir yuvish mashinasi — machine that washes clothes
  • Vietnamese: máy giặt — machine that washes clothes
  • Welsh: peiriant golchi — machine that washes clothes
  • Yiddish: וואַשמאַשין (vashmashin) — machine that washes clothes