Phrase guide

washing powder

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A powder used in washing clothes, etc.; a detergent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

soap in powdered form mixed with alkaline builders

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soap powder, built-soap powder

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: soap

History

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Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pluhur larës — powder for washing clothes
  • Arabic: مَسْحُوق غَسِيل (masḥūq ḡasīl) — powder for washing clothes
  • Armenian: լվացքի փոշի (lvacʻkʻi pʻoši) — powder for washing clothes
  • Azerbaijani: yuyucu toz — powder for washing clothes
  • Belarusian: пра́льны парашо́к (prálʹny parašók) — powder for washing clothes
  • Bengali: ওয়াশিং পাউডার (ōẇaśiṅ pauḍar) — powder for washing clothes
  • Bulgarian: прах за пране́ (prah za prané) — powder for washing clothes
  • Burmese: ကြေးချွတ်ဆေး (kre:hkywathce:) — powder for washing clothes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洗衣粉 (xǐyīfěn) — powder for washing clothes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洗滌粉 /洗涤粉 (xǐdífěn) — powder for washing clothes
  • Czech: prací prášek — powder for washing clothes
  • Danish: vaskemiddel — powder for washing clothes
  • Danish: vaskepulver — powder for washing clothes
  • Dutch: wasmiddel — powder for washing clothes
  • Estonian: pesupulber — powder for washing clothes
  • Finnish: pesujauhe — powder for washing clothes
  • Finnish: pesupulveri — powder for washing clothes
  • Finnish: pyykinpesujauhe — powder for washing clothes
  • French: poudre à laver — powder for washing clothes
  • Georgian: სარეცხი ფხვნილი (sarecxi pxvnili) — powder for washing clothes
  • German: Waschpulver — powder for washing clothes
  • German: Waschmittel — powder for washing clothes
  • Greek: απορρυπαντικό (aporrypantikó) — powder for washing clothes
  • Hebrew: אַבְקַת כְּבִיסָה (av'kát k'visá) — powder for washing clothes
  • Hindi: धोने का पाउडर (dhone kā pāuḍar) — powder for washing clothes
  • Hindi: वाशिंग पाउडर (vāśiṅg pāuḍar) — powder for washing clothes
  • Hungarian: mosópor — powder for washing clothes
  • Icelandic: þvottaefni — powder for washing clothes
  • Indonesian: deterjen bubuk — powder for washing clothes
  • Irish: púdar níocháin — powder for washing clothes
  • Italian: detersivo in polvere — powder for washing clothes
  • Italian: detersivo — powder for washing clothes
  • Japanese: 洗剤 (senzai) — powder for washing clothes
  • Japanese: 洗浄剤 (senjōzai) — powder for washing clothes
  • Japanese: 洗濯洗剤 (sentaku senzai) — powder for washing clothes
  • Kazakh: жуғыш ұнтақ (juğyş ūntaq) — powder for washing clothes
  • Kazakh: жуатын ұнтақ (juatyn ūntaq) — powder for washing clothes
  • Khmer: ថ្នាំកាត់ក្អែល (thnam kat kʼael) — powder for washing clothes
  • Korean: 세탁제 (setakje) — powder for washing clothes
  • Korean: 세탁 세제 (setak seje) — powder for washing clothes
  • Kyrgyz: кир жуучу порошок (kir juucu poroşok) — powder for washing clothes
  • Lao: ຜົງຊັກຟອກ (phong sak fǭk) — powder for washing clothes
  • Latin: ablutio pulveris — powder for washing clothes
  • Latvian: veļas pulveris — powder for washing clothes
  • Lithuanian: skalbiklis — powder for washing clothes
  • Lithuanian: skalbimo milteliai — powder for washing clothes
  • : ᦓᧄᧉᦡᧂᧈᦕᦳᧂ (nam2ḋang1ṗhung) — powder for washing clothes
  • Luxembourgish: Seefepolver — powder for washing clothes
  • Luxembourgish: Wäschpolver — powder for washing clothes
  • Macedonian: прашок за перење (prašok za perenje) — powder for washing clothes
  • Malay: serbuk pencuci — powder for washing clothes
  • Maltese: trab tal-ħasil — powder for washing clothes
  • Mongolian: угаалгын нунтаг (ugaalgyn nuntag) — powder for washing clothes
  • Mongolian: бок (bok) — powder for washing clothes
  • Norman: poudre à laver — powder for washing clothes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vaskemiddel — powder for washing clothes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vaskepulver — powder for washing clothes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vaskemiddel — powder for washing clothes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vaskepulver — powder for washing clothes
  • Iranian Persian: پودْرِ لِباسشویی (pudr-e lebâs-šuyi) — powder for washing clothes
  • Iranian Persian: شویَنْدِهٔ لِباس (šuyande-ye lebâs) — powder for washing clothes
  • Polish: proszek do prania — powder for washing clothes
  • Portuguese: sabão em pó — powder for washing clothes
  • Portuguese: detergente em pó — powder for washing clothes
  • Romanian: praf de spălat — powder for washing clothes
  • Romanian: pulbere de spălat — powder for washing clothes
  • Russian: стира́льный порошо́к (stirálʹnyj porošók) — powder for washing clothes
  • Serbo-Croatian: прашак за прање — powder for washing clothes
  • Serbo-Croatian: prašak za pranje — powder for washing clothes
  • Slovak: prací prášok — powder for washing clothes
  • Slovene: pralni prašek — powder for washing clothes
  • Spanish: jabón en polvo — powder for washing clothes
  • Swahili: sabuni ya unga — powder for washing clothes
  • Swedish: tvättpulver — powder for washing clothes
  • Swedish: tvättmedel — powder for washing clothes
  • Tagalog: panghugas ng pulbos — powder for washing clothes
  • Tajik: хокаи либосшӯӣ (xoka-yi libosšüyi) — powder for washing clothes
  • Thai: ผงซักฟอก (pǒng-sák-fɔ̂ɔk) — powder for washing clothes
  • Turkish: çamaşır deterjanı — powder for washing clothes
  • Turkish: çamaşır tozu — powder for washing clothes
  • Turkmen: kir ýuwujy poroşok — powder for washing clothes
  • Ukrainian: пра́льний порошо́к (prálʹnyj porošók) — powder for washing clothes
  • Urdu: واشِن٘گ پاؤُڈَر (vāśiṅg pāuḍar) — powder for washing clothes
  • Uyghur: كىر يويۇش كۇكۇنى (kir yoyush kukuni) — powder for washing clothes
  • Uzbek: kir yuvish kukuni — powder for washing clothes
  • Uzbek: kir yuvish poroshogi — powder for washing clothes
  • Vietnamese: bột giặt — powder for washing clothes
  • Vietnamese: xà bông — powder for washing clothes