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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesétendoir
Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-tã-dwir
"Elle a mis le linge mouillé sur l'étendoir."
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2 senses- 1
A frame or stand with bars or shelves used for holding washed clothes or dishes while they dry by air.
"She hung the delicate shirts on the drying-rack in the sunroom." - 2
A specialized structure used in various crafts, laboratories, or manufacturing processes to air-dry printed materials, artwork, or laboratory glassware.
"The students placed their freshly printed etchings on the metal drying-rack."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the present participle of the verb 'dry' (from Old English 'drȳge') and the noun 'rack' (from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German 'rack', meaning a framework for holding things). The compound term emerged in domestic contexts during the industrial era to describe portable or fixed structures used for air-drying washed laundry or dishware.
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étendoir
Transliteration: e-tã-dwir
"Elle a mis le linge mouillé sur l'étendoir."
Wäscheständer
Transliteration: Veshe-stender
"Der Wäscheständer steht im Garten."
stendibiancheria
Transliteration: sten-di-bian-ke-ria
"Ha appeso i vestiti sullo stendibiancheria."
tendedero
Transliteration: ten-de-de-ro
"La ropa mojada está colgada en el tendedero."
estendal
Transliteration: es-ten-dal
"Colocou as roupas molhadas no estendal."
कपड़े सुखाने का स्टैंड
Transliteration: kapre sukhane ka stand
"उसने गीले कपड़े कपड़े सुखाने के स्टैंड पर डाल दिए।"
晾衣架
Transliteration: liàng yī jià
"她把洗好的衣服挂在晾衣架上。"
빨래건조대
Transliteration: ppallae-geonjodae
"빨래를 건조대에 널어주세요."
物干し台
Transliteration: monoshidai
"洗濯物を物干し台に干しました。"
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