washer

Etymology 1
From, , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
 * 2) A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.
 * 3) A person who washes his or her hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
 * 4) A face cloth.
 * 1) A person who washes his or her hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
 * 2) A face cloth.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: пералня
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᏗᎬᎩᎣᏍᎩ
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Galician:
 * German: washing machine,  dishwasher
 * Hindi: धुलाई मशीन
 * Hungarian:, , mosóberendezés
 * Irish: inneall níocháin washing machine, meaisín níocháin washing machine
 * Italian: washing machine,  dishwasher
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Maori: mīhini horoi rīhi dishwasher, pūrere horoi rīhi dishwasher, pūrere horoi kākahu clothes washer/washing machine, kaihoroi
 * Norwegian:, dishwasher
 * Occitan: maquina de lavar
 * Plautdietsch: Wauschmaschien
 * Portuguese: lavador
 * Sardinian: sabunadora
 * Spanish:, ,  dishwasher
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: labadora


 * Arabic: غِسَالَة
 * Bulgarian: мияч
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 洗衣婦
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: wasserettejuffrouw launderette woman
 * Finnish:, pesijätär ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φαιδρυντής, φαιδρύντρια
 * Hungarian:, mosómunkás,
 * Irish: niteoir
 * Japanese: 洗濯女
 * Norwegian: vaskehjelp, vaskekone, vasker
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: práčka
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tvätterska
 * Ukrainian:
 * Yiddish: וועשער, וועשערין


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: arctörlő
 * Norwegian: ansiktsklut
 * Spanish:, , glove

Etymology 2
Unclear. First recorded in the 14th century.

Noun

 * 1) A flat annulus, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction, provide directionally differentiated friction (e.g. making the nut turn counter-clockwise only with difficulty), or prevent leakage.

Derived terms

 * lock washer
 * lock washer
 * lock washer

Translations

 * Albanian: rondele
 * Arabic: حَلْقَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: şayba
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: ша́йба
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: şayba
 * Czech:
 * Danish: spændeskive, spændskive
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: ŝtopringo
 * Estonian: seib
 * Finnish:, aluslaatta;
 * French:
 * Georgian: საყელური
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hausa: washa
 * Hebrew: שייבה
 * Hindi: वाशर
 * Hungarian:, , , , , alátéttárcsa, , párnalemez, biztosítólemez, csavar-alátétlemez
 * Irish: leicneán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 座金, ワッシャー
 * Kazakh: тығырық, шайба
 * Khmer: អ្នកលាងចាន
 * Korean: 와셔
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ຕຸ້ມ
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: poveržlė
 * Macedonian: подлошка
 * Middle English: clout
 * Mongolian: шайб
 * Norman: rîndelle en fé
 * Norwegian: stoppskive,
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: подлошка
 * Roman: podloška
 * Slovak: podložka
 * Slovene: podložka
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik: шайба
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: şaýba
 * Ukrainian: ша́йба
 * Urdu: واشر
 * Uyghur: شايبا
 * Uzbek:

Verb

 * 1)  To fit (a mechanical device) with a washer.