nettoyer
Meaning
- to clean
- to wipe clean
Concepts
make clean
uncontaminating
esponjar
clean off
Synonyms
prendre soin de
nettoyeu
Translations
Frequency
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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