English
Etymology
Compound of dish + cloth.
Pronunciation
Noun
dishcloth (plural dishcloths)
- A cloth used to wash dishes.
- Synonyms: dishrag (often deprecatory); dishclout (obsolete)
- Hypernym: cloth
- Coordinate terms: (hand-dishwashing implements) scouring pad, scrubby, scrubbie, scrubber, sponge; dishtowel, dish soap; (cloths for washing things) washcloth, washrag
- A cloth used to dry dishes.
- Synonyms: tea towel, tea cloth, dishtowel
Derived terms
Translations
for drying
- Arabic: مِنْشَفَة f (minšafa), فُوطَة f (fūṭa)
- Moroccan Arabic: منديل m (mandīl), فوطة f (fūṭa)
- Catalan: baieta f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 茶巾 (chájīn), 抹布 (zh) (mābù)
- Czech: utěrka (cs) f
- Danish: viskestykke (da) n
- Dutch: (Flanders) keukenhanddoek (nl) m, vaatdoek (nl) m, theedoek (nl) m
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: astiapyyhe (fi)
- French: torchon (fr) m, linge (fr) m (Quebec)
- German: Geschirrtuch (de) n; Trockentuch n
- Hungarian: törlőruha (hu), törülgető rongy, konyharuha (hu) sg
- Irish: tuáille gréithe m, éadach na soithí m, ceirt soithí f
- Italian: canovaccio (it) m
- Korean: 행주 (ko) (haengju)
- Norman: êssuyeux m (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kjøkkenhåndkle n, kjøkkenhandkle n
- Ottoman Turkish: پاچاوره (paçavra)
- Polish: ścierka do naczyń f, ścierka kuchenna f, ręcznik kuchenny m
- Portuguese: pano de prato m, pano de copa m, pano de louça m
- Romanian: șervet (ro) n
- Russian: ку́хонное полоте́нце n (kúxonnoje poloténce), посу́дное полоте́нце n (posúdnoje poloténce)
- Spanish: paño de cocina m
- Swedish: diskhandduk c, kökshandduk (sv) c
- Walloon: drap d' schieles (wa) m, drap d' taexhons (wa) m, drap ås bidons m
- Welsh: lliain sychu llestri m
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