Launder

WOTD - 5 October 2007    

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English

Etymology

Contracted from Old English lavender < French lavandière < Late Latin lavandena, from Latin lavō (“‘I wash’”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈlɔːndə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlɑːndɚ/

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Noun

Singular Launder

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Launder ({{{1}}})

1. (obsolete) A washerwoman.
2. Template:Mining A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.

Synonyms

• (washerwoman): launderer, laundress, washerwoman

Translations

washerwoman — see washerwoman

trough used by miners

Finnish: ränni fi(fi)

Verb

Infinitive to Launder

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Launder (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. Template:Clothing To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
2. (obsolete) To lave; to wet.
3. (money) To disguise the source of ill-gotten wealth by various means.

Derived terms

• money laundering

Translations

to wash

Crimean Tatar: yuvmaq Finnish: pyykätä, pestä vaatteita French: blanchir fr(fr) German: waschen de(de)

Latin: lavō la(la) Polish: prać pl(pl), uprać pl(pl) Spanish: lavar es(es)

to wet

Latin: lavō la(la)

to disguise the source of

Finnish: pestä fi(fi)

German: waschen de(de)

Related terms

• launderer
• launderette
• laundress
• laundry
• lave

Anagrams

• adelnru,
• Arundel
• lurdane

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