wipe

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From Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian (“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīpōn (“to wipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to twist, wind around”). Cognate with German wippen (“to bob”), Swedish veva (“to turn, wind, crank”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (weipan, “to wreathe, crown”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”), Sanskrit वेपते (vépate, “to tremble”). More at swivel, swift.

Compare Swedish vipa, Danish vibe (“lapwing”).

From wipe out (verb) and wipeout (noun) by shortening.

160 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: бърсалка (bǎrsalka) — piece of cloth for wiping
• French: lingette — piece of cloth for wiping
• Japanese: ウェットティッシュ (uetto tisshu) — piece of cloth for wiping
• Polish: chusteczka — piece of cloth for wiping
• Vietnamese: khăn lau — piece of cloth for wiping
• Vietnamese: khăn chùi — piece of cloth for wiping
• Akan: pepa — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Arabic: مَسَحَ (masaḥa) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Arabic: مْسح (msəḥ) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Armenian: սրբել (srbel) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Armenian: մաքրել (makʻrel) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Assamese: মচা (mosa) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Assamese: মোছা (müsa) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Bashkir: һөртөү (hörtöw) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Basque: garbitu — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Belarusian: выціра́ць (vycirácʹ) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Belarusian: вы́церці (výcjerci) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Biatah Bidayuh: gutos — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Bulgarian: бъ́рша (bǎ́rša) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Burmese: သုတ် (sut) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Catalan: eixugar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Cherepon: pwere — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Chinese Cantonese: 抹 (maat3) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 擦 (cā) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 擦拭 (cāshì) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 抹 (mǒ) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Czech: utírat — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Czech: utřít — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Danish: viske — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Danish: tørre — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Dutch: vegen — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Esperanto: viŝi — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Estonian: pühkima — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Finnish: pyyhkiä — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• French: essuyer — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Ga: enga — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Galician: enxugar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Galician: limpar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• German: wischen — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Greek: σκουπίζω (skoupízo) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Ancient Greek: ὀμόργνυμι (omórgnumi) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Ancient Greek: σμάω (smáō) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Gujarati: લૂછવું (lūchvũ) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Hebrew: נִגֵּב (nigév) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Hindi: मिटाना (miṭānā) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Hindi: पोंछना (põchnā) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Hungarian: töröl — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Icelandic: þurrka af — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Ido: vishar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Indonesian: hapus — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Indonesian: seka — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Ingrian: pyyhkiä — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Irish: cuimil — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Italian: asciugare — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Italian: pulire — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Japanese: 拭く (fuku) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Kabuverdianu: linpa — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Khmer: ជូត (cuut) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Korean: 닦다 (dakda) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Lao: ເຊັດ (set) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Latin: tergō — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Latvian: slaucīt — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Lushootseed: ʔik̓wi — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Macedonian: брише (briše) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Malay: lap — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Negeri Sembilan Malay: pusi — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Māori: whēru — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Māori: muku — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Māori: muru — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Māori: ūkui — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Ngarrindjeri: nripun — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Norman: êssuyer — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Norman: torchi — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Norwegian: tørke av — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Norwegian: viske — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: turka — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Occitan: eissugar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Old English: wīpian — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Oromo: haxaa'uu — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Persian: پاک کردن (pâk kardan) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Persian: ستردن (setordan) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Polish: wycierać — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Polish: wytrzeć — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Portuguese: esfregar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Portuguese: enxugar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Portuguese: limpar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Romanian: șterge — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Romansh: sientar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Russian: вытира́ть (vytirátʹ) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Russian: вы́тереть (výteretʹ) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Russian: стира́ть (stirátʹ) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Russian: стере́ть (sterétʹ) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Scottish Gaelic: sguab — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Serbo-Croatian: брисати — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Serbo-Croatian: brisati — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Slovak: utierať — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Slovak: utrieť — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Slovene: brisati — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Spanish: enjugar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Spanish: trapear — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Spanish: entrapar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Spanish: enjutar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Spanish: esponjar — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Swahili: pangusa — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Swahili: futa — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Swedish: torka — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Swedish: torka av — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Tamil: துடை (tuṭai) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Telugu: తుడుచు (tuḍucu) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Thai: เช็ด (chét) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Tooro: -ragaza — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Turkish: silmek — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Ukrainian: витира́ти (vytyráty) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Ukrainian: ви́терти (výterty) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Urdu: مٹانا (miṭānā) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Vietnamese: lau — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Vietnamese: chùi — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Vietnamese: lau sạch — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Vietnamese: chùi sạch — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Walloon: xhorbi — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Walloon: rixhorbi — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Walloon: stiede — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Yiddish: ווישן (vishn) — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Zealandic: vaege — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Zealandic: vege — to rub in order to remove surface substance
• Dutch: smeren — to smear by rubbing
• German: schmieren — to smear by rubbing
• Hungarian: töröl — to smear by rubbing
• Icelandic: klína — to smear by rubbing
• Irish: cuimil — to smear by rubbing
• Old Irish: fo·slig — to smear by rubbing
• Swedish: smeta — to smear by rubbing
• Dutch: vegen — clean the buttocks and anus after defecation
• German: wischen — clean the buttocks and anus after defecation
• Hungarian: töröl — clean the buttocks and anus after defecation
• Icelandic: þurrka — clean the buttocks and anus after defecation
• Polish: podcierać — clean the buttocks and anus after defecation
• Polish: podetrzeć — clean the buttocks and anus after defecation
• Swedish: torka — clean the buttocks and anus after defecation
• Bashkir: юйыу (yuyıw) — erase a computer disk
• Bulgarian: изтривам (iztrivam) — erase a computer disk
• Czech: vymazat — erase a computer disk
• Danish: slette — erase a computer disk
• Dutch: wissen — erase a computer disk
• Finnish: tyhjentää — erase a computer disk
• German: löschen — erase a computer disk
• Indonesian: hapus — erase a computer disk
• Indonesian: basmi — erase a computer disk
• Indonesian: sapu bersih — erase a computer disk
• Irish: glan — erase a computer disk
• Norwegian: slette — erase a computer disk
• Polish: wymazać — erase a computer disk
• Russian: стира́ть (stirátʹ) — erase a computer disk
• Russian: стере́ть (sterétʹ) — erase a computer disk
• Serbo-Croatian: obrisati — erase a computer disk
• Serbo-Croatian: izbrisati — erase a computer disk
• Spanish: formatear — erase a computer disk
• Spanish: wipear — erase a computer disk
• Swedish: radera — erase a computer disk
• Vietnamese: xoá — erase a computer disk