cleaner
A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windowsA person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.
» This vacuum cleaner makes a lot of noise.
Dieser Staubsauger macht viel Lärm. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Этот пылесос делает много шума. — Lenin_1917
Этот пылесос очень шумит. — Selena777
Цей пилосос сильно шумить. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 sensesA person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.
someone whose occupation is cleaning
A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
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
(in the plural)A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).
I'll have to take this shirt to the cleaners.
(idiomatic, informal)A fixer; a person who disposes of bodies and evidence.
Reinigungskraft, Gebäudereiniger, Gebäudereinigerin
убо́рщикubórščik, убо́рщицаubórščica
прибира́льникprybyrálʹnyk, прибира́льницяprybyrálʹnycja
Examples
201 sentencesThis 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
Cats hate vacuum cleaners.
Коти ненавидять пилососи. — deniko
ruКошки ненавидят пылесосы. — Balamax
deKatzen hassen Staubsauger. — xtofu80
May I use the vacuum cleaner?
ruМожно мне воспользоваться пылесосом? — odexed
deDarf ich den Staubsauger benutzen? — Manfredo
Tom got taken to the cleaners.
How old is this vacuum cleaner?
ruСколько лет этому пылесосу? — odexed
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English clener, clenere, equivalent to clean + -er (agent noun suffiInherited from Middle English clener, clenere, equivalent to clean + -er (agent noun suffix).
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Forms
plural: cleanersSynonyms
5 synonyms- the operator of dry-cleaning establishment:dry cleaner
- a preparation used in cleaning something:cleansing agentcleanser
Word family
24 related wordsCollocations
4 patterns- vacuum cleaner
- cleaner than mine
- is cleaner than
- to the cleaners
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.