washing

Etymology 1
From, , from , (attested in ), from , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  The action of the verb to wash
 * 2)  Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
 * My mother used to do the washing on a Monday
 * 1)  The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
 * The washings have a higher concentration of metal
 * 1) The liquid used to wash an ore.
 * 2) A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
 * the gold-washings, or silver-washings
 * 1) A thin covering or coat.
 * a washing of silver
 * 1)  A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
 * 2)  The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
 * 1)  A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
 * 2)  The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.

Synonyms

 * : laundry

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:, пране
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:, , , huuhtominen
 * French:
 * Galician: lavado, lavadura
 * Georgian: რეცხვა, ბანვა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λοῦσις, πλύσις
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: ní, níochán
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: ablūtiō
 * Middle English: wasshynge
 * Norman: lavage
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: lavação,, lavamento,
 * Quechua: mayllay
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Taos: kòʼóne
 * Telugu:
 * Tocharian B: laiko


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian: пране
 * Ewe: nunyanya
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,  tiszta ruha
 * Irish: níochán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: horoinga
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: πλύμα

Etymology 2
From, , , , , from , , from , from , present participle of , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.