washcloth

English

washcloths

Etymology

From wash +‎ cloth.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒʃ.klɒθ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/, /ˈwɑʃ.-/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑʃ.klɑθ/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: wash‧cloth

Noun

washcloth (plural washcloths)

1. A small cloth used to wash the face and body.

   Synonyms: washrag; face cloth, face washer; flannel (mostly Commonwealth)

   Hypernyms: cloth, rag

   Coordinate terms: dishcloth, dishrag

Translations

cloth used to wash

• Arabic: مِمْسَح m (mimsaḥ)
• Belarusian: вяхотка f (vjaxótka), мачалка f (mačalka)
• Bulgarian: кесе n (kese), къ́рпа за лице́ f (kǎ́rpa za licé)
• Catalan: manyopla f, rentacares m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 面巾 (zh) (miànjīn)

• Czech: žínka (cs) f
• Danish: vaskeklud (da) c
• Dutch: waslap (nl) m, washand (nl) f, washandje (nl) n
• Esperanto: lavtuko
• Finnish: pesulappu (fi)
• French: gant de toilette (fr) m
• German: Waschlappen (de) m
• Hungarian: porrongy (hu)
• Indonesian: waslap (id)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ハンドタオル (ja) (hando taoru)
• Maori: horoi
• Northern Sami: basaldat
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vaskeklut (no) m

• Persian: لیف (fa) (lif)
• Portuguese: flanela (pt) f
• Russian: мочалка (ru) f (močalka)
• Scottish Gaelic: flanainn f
• Spanish: toallita (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can