laundry

linge

Vêtements, draps et autres textiles à laver ou qui viennent d’être lavés.

En anglais simple : Clothes, sheets, and similar things that need washing or have just been washed.

• Put your laundry in the basket.
• I folded the clean laundry this morning.
• Why is there so much dirty laundry on the floor?

Expressions courantes : dirty laundry, clean laundry, laundry basket, fold laundry

lessive

Le travail qui consiste à laver les vêtements, les draps et les autres textiles.

En anglais simple : The work of washing clothes, sheets, and similar things.

• I do the laundry on Sundays.
• Have you finished the laundry yet?
• We shared the cooking and laundry while we lived together.

Synonymes : washing

Expressions courantes : do laundry, do the laundry, laundry day

blanchisserie, buanderie

Pièce ou entreprise où l’on lave les vêtements, les draps et les autres textiles.

En anglais simple : A room or business where clothes, sheets, and similar things are washed.

• The laundry is in the basement.
• She took the blankets to a laundry nearby.
• The hotel has its own laundry and cleaning staff.

Expressions courantes : hotel laundry, commercial laundry, laundry room, at the laundry