dishwasher

See also: dish washer

English

Dishwasher, open and loaded with dishes.

Etymology

From Middle English dysche wescheare, equivalent to dish +‎ washer.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪʃˌwɒʃə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪʃˌwɑʃɚ/
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Noun

dishwasher (plural dishwashers)

A machine for washing dishes.
load the dishwasher
Someone who washes dishes, especially one hired to wash dishes in a restaurant.
(UK, dialect, Wiltshire) A European bird, the wagtail.
(Australia) A bird, the restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta).

Derived terms

dishwasher proof
dishwasher-safe
dishwasher salt

Translations

machine

Afrikaans: skottelgoedwasser sg
Albanian: pjatalarëse (sq) f
Arabic: غَسَّالَة صُحُون‎ f (ḡassālat ṣuḥūn)
Armenian: աման լվացող սարք (aman lvacʿoł sarkʿ)
Azerbaijani: qabyuyan maşın
Basque: ontzi-garbigailu, plater-ikuzgailu
Belarusian: пасудамы́йная машы́на f (pasudamýjnaja mašýna), пасудамы́йка f (pasudamýjka)
Bulgarian: съдомия́лна маши́на f (sǎdomijálna mašína), съдомия́лня f (sǎdomijálnja)
Burmese: ပန်းကန်ဆေးစက် (pan:kanhce:cak)
Catalan: rentaplats m, rentavaixella m or f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 洗碗碟機, 洗碗碟机 (sai² wun² dip⁶ gei¹)
Mandarin: 洗碗機／洗碗机 (zh) (xǐwǎnjī)
Czech: myčka (cs) f, myčka nádobí f
Danish: opvaskemaskine (da) c
Dutch: vaatwasser (nl) m, vaatwasmachine (nl) f, afwasmachine (nl) f
Esperanto: telerlavilo
Estonian: nõudepesumasin
Faroese: uppvaskimaskina f
Finnish: astianpesukone (fi), tiskikone (fi)
French: lave-vaisselle (fr) m
Galician: lavalouza (gl) f
Georgian: ჭურჭლის სარეცხი მანქანა (č̣urč̣lis sarecxi mankana)
German: Geschirrspüler (de) m, Geschirrspülmaschine (de) f, Spülmaschine (de) f
Greek: πλυντήριο πιάτων (el) n (plyntírio piáton)
Greenlandic: erruissut
Hebrew: מֵדִיחַ כֵּלִים‎ (he) m (medíakh kelím), מֵדִיחַ‎ m (medíakh)
Hindi: पात्र प्रक्षालक m (pātra prakṣālak)
Hungarian: mosogatógép (hu)
Icelandic: uppþvottavél f
Irish: miasniteoir m
Italian: lavastoviglie (it) f
Japanese: 食器洗浄機 (しょっきせんじょうき, shokkisenjōki), 食器洗い機 (しょっきあらいき, shokkiaraiki), 食洗機 (しょくせんき, shokusenki), 皿洗い機 (さらあらいき, sara-araiki)
Kazakh: ыдыс-аяқ жуу машинасы (ydys-aäq juu maşinasy), ыдыс жуатын мәшине (ydys juatyn mäşine)
Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនលាងចាន (maasɨn liəng caan)
Korean: 식기세척기(食器洗滌機) (sikgisecheokgi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: firaxşok (ku)
Kyrgyz: идиш жуугуч (idiş juuguç)
Lao: ຈັກລ້າງຖ້ວຍ (lo) (chak lāng thuāi)
Latvian: trauku mazgājamā mašīna f
Lithuanian: indaplovė f
Macedonian: садомијачка f (sadomijačka)
Malay: mesin pencuci pinggan
Maori: pūrere horoi maitai
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: аяга таваг угаагч (ajaga tavag ugaagč)
Norman: machinne à laver les vaissieaux f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oppvaskmaskin (no) m
Nynorsk: oppvaskmaskin m
Occitan: vaisseladoira f, lavavaissèla m, lavavaishèra m (Gascon)
Persian: ماشین ظرف‌شویی‎ (mâšin-e zarf-šuyi)
Polish: zmywarka (pl) f, zmywarka do naczyń f
Portuguese: lavalouça f (Brazil)
Romanian: mașină de spălat vase f
Romansch: maschina da lavar giu f
Russian: посудомо́ечная маши́на (ru) f (posudomóječnaja mašína), (colloquial) посудомо́йка (ru) f (posudomójka)
Scottish Gaelic: nigheadair-shoithichean m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: машина за прање судова f, перилица посуђа f
Roman: mašina za pranje sudova f, perilica posuđa f
Slovak: umývačka riadu f
Slovene: pomivalni stroj (sl) m
Spanish: lavaplatos (es) m, lavavajillas (es) m
Swedish: diskmaskin (sv) c
Tajik: зарфшӯяк (zarfšüyak)
Thai: เครื่องล้างจาน (krʉ̂ʉang-láang-jaan)
Turkish: bulaşık makinesi (tr)
Ukrainian: посудоми́йна маши́на f (posudomýjna mašýna), посудоми́йка f (posudomýjka)
Uyghur: قاچا يۇيۇش ماشىنىسى‎ (qacha yuyush mashinisi)
Uzbek: idish yuvish mashinasi
Vietnamese: máy rửa chén (𣛠𤂩盞)
Welsh: peiriant golchi llestri m

person

Bulgarian: мия́ч на съ́дове m (mijáč na sǎ́dove)
Catalan: rentaplats m or f, marmitó m, marmitona f
Cebuano: tighugas og plato
Chinese:
Mandarin: 洗碗工 (xǐwǎn gōng) (one who is hired)
Danish: opvasker c
Dutch: afwasser (nl) m or f
Finnish: tiskaaja (fi), astianpesijä, tiskari (fi)
French: plongeur (fr) m, plongeuse (fr) f
Galician: lavapratos (gl) m or f
German: Abwäscher m, Abwäscherin f
Hungarian: mosogató (hu)
Icelandic: uppvaskari m
Italian: lavapiatti (it) m or f
Japanese: 皿洗い (さらあらい, saraarai)
Khmer: អ្នកលាងចាន (nĕək liəng caan)
Korean: 접시 닦는 사람 (jeopsi dangneun saram)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oppvasker m, oppvaskhjelp m or f
Polish: pomywacz (pl) m, pomywaczka (pl) f
Portuguese: lavador de louça/louças m
Romanian: spălător de vase m
Russian: судомо́йка (ru) f (sudomójka), посудомо́йка (ru) f (posudomójka), мо́йщик посу́ды m (mójščik posúdy), мо́йщица посу́ды f (mójščica posúdy)
Swedish: diskare (sv) c
Tagalog: tagahugas ng pinggan, tagahugas ng plato
Turkish: bulaşıkçı (tr)
Ukrainian: посудоми́йник m (posudomýjnyk), посудоми́йниця f (posudomýjnycja), ми́йник по́суду m (mýjnyk pósudu), ми́йниця по́суду f (mýjnycja pósudu)