nettoyer

Meaning

  1. to clean
  2. to wipe clean

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/nɛ.twa.je/
Etymology

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.

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