nettoyer

Meaning

1. to clean
2. to wipe clean

Concepts

clean

cleanse

wipe

clean up

sweep

purify

make clean

clear

tidy

clean out

scavenge

scour

strip

polish

🇵🇱

purge

wash

🧽

wash away

rub

fair

plumb

rub up

sanctify

sporting

sportsmanlike

sporty

sweep away

uninfected

unobjectionable

vacuum

white

do out

houseclean

clean house

uncontaminating

blank

esponjar

brighten

brush down

clean and jerk

clean-living

clean off

dredge

dry

erase

fairly

fresh

get ready

hoover

mop

neat

Synonyms

pur

propre

purifier

laver

🧽

balayer

essuyer

cirer

écurer

brosser

raffiner

net

épousseter

fourbir

prunier

purger

récurer

tamponner

débarbouiller

🧽

déblayer

décrotter

épaulé-jeté

faire le ménage

fair-play

prendre soin de

râcler

toiletter

torcher

astiquer

🇵🇱

nettoyeu

blanc

clarifier

défricher

enlever

évacuer

faire le vide

frais

frotter

perfectionner

polir

poutzer

prune

Translations

limpiar

reinigen

limpar

pulire

netejar

säubern

καθαρίζω

putzen

temizlemek

reinigen

schoonmaken

نظف

ripulire

zuiveren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nɛ.twa.je/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: nettoyer

Inherited from Old French: netoiier

In summary

Inherited from Middle French nettoyer, from Old French netoiier, a restructuring (based on net (“clean (adj.)”)) of Old French noiier (“to clean”), from Vulgar Latin *nitidiāre, a verb based on Latin nitidus (“shining, polished”), which took on the meaning of 'clean'. By surface analysis, net + -oyer.