Meaning

5 senses
  1. A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.

    someone whose occupation is cleaning

  2. A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.

  3. A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.

    Near-synonym: cleaning fluid

    Reiniger

    очисти́тельočistítelʹ

    a preparation used in cleaning something

  4. (in the plural)A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).

    I'll have to take this shirt to the cleaners.

  5. (idiomatic, informal)A fixer; a person who disposes of bodies and evidence.

    Reinigungskraft, Gebäudereiniger, Gebäudereinigerin

    убо́рщикubórščik, убо́рщицаubórščica

    прибира́льникprybyrálʹnyk, прибира́льницяprybyrálʹnycja

Examples

201 sentences
  1. This vacuum cleaner makes a lot of noise.

    Цей пилосос сильно шумить. — deniko

    ruЭтот пылесос делает много шума. — Lenin_1917

    deDieser Staubsauger macht viel Lärm. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Cats hate vacuum cleaners.

    Коти ненавидять пилососи. — deniko

    ruКошки ненавидят пылесосы. — Balamax

    deKatzen hassen Staubsauger. — xtofu80

  3. May I use the vacuum cleaner?

    ruМожно мне воспользоваться пылесосом? — odexed

    deDarf ich den Staubsauger benutzen? — Manfredo

  4. Tom got taken to the cleaners.

  5. How old is this vacuum cleaner?

    ruСколько лет этому пылесосу? — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who cleans:
Русский
By meaning 2
substance used for cleaning:
person who cleans:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
substance used for cleaning:
person who cleans:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English clener, clenere, equivalent to clean + -er (agent noun suffi

Inherited from Middle English clener, clenere, equivalent to clean + -er (agent noun suffix).

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