shampooing

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʃamˈpuːɪŋ/

Verb

shampooing

  1. present participle and gerund of shampoo

Noun

shampooing (plural shampooings)

  1. The act of cleaning something with shampoo.
    The foyer carpet needed regular shampooings.
    • 1981-1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      In certain moments his hair looks like it could use a shampooing.

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, from English shampoo +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.pwɛ̃/, /ʃɑ̃.pwɛ̃ɡ/
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Noun

shampooing m (plural shampooings)

  1. shampoo

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: шампоан (šampoan)
  • Greek: σαμπουάν (sampouán)
  • Russian: шампунь (šampunʹ)
  • Romanian: șampon
  • Turkish: şampuan

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