Слово англійською: laundry
Іменник
Переклад laundry українською: пральня, to send linen to the ~ — віддавати білизну в пральню, (the ~) білизна, ~ soap — господарське мило, ~ soda — пральна сода
Детальний опис
laundry
noun /ˈlɔːndri/
(plural laundries)
- [uncountable] clothes, sheets, etc. that need washing, that are being washed, or that have been washed recently synonym washing
- a pile of clean/dirty laundry
- a laundry basket/room
- There was a pile of clean laundry on her bed.
- [uncountable, singular] the process or the job of washing clothes, sheets, etc.
- Have you done the laundry yet?
- The hotel has a laundry service.
- [countable] a business or place where you send sheets, clothes, etc. to be washed
- the hospital laundry
- a laundry van
Word Originearly 16th cent.: contraction of Middle English lavendry, from Old French lavanderie, from lavandier ‘person who washes linen’, based on Latin lavanda ‘things to be washed’, from lavare ‘to wash’.
Idioms air/wash your dirty laundry/linen in public
- (disapproving) to discuss your personal affairs in public, especially something embarrassing