Meanings
nounclothes iron (plural clothes irons)
plural clothes irons
- A hand-held device with a heated flat metal base used to smooth out wrinkles in clothes.
Synonyms: clothing iron, flatiron, iron, smoothing iron
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hand-held device with a heated flat metal base used to smooth out wrinkles in clothes.
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Translations
Afrikaans strykyster
- strykysterappliance for pressing clothes
Arabic مِكْوَاة, مِكْوَاة كَهْرَبَائِيَّة
- مِكْوَاة (mikwāh)appliance for pressing clothes
- مِكْوَاة كَهْرَبَائِيَّة (mikwāh kahrabāʔiyya)appliance for pressing clothes
- مَكْوَة (makwa)appliance for pressing clothes
Bengali ইস্ত্রি
- ইস্ত্রি (istri)appliance for pressing clothes
Bulgarian юти́я
- юти́я (jutíja)appliance for pressing clothes
Catalan planxa
- planxaappliance for pressing clothes
Chinese Cantonese 燙斗 /烫斗
- 燙斗 /烫斗 (tong³ dau²)appliance for pressing clothes
Chinese Mandarin 熨斗
- 熨斗 (yùndǒu)appliance for pressing clothes
Czech žehlička
- žehličkaappliance for pressing clothes
Danish strygejern
- strygejernappliance for pressing clothes
Dutch strijkijzer
- strijkijzerappliance for pressing clothes
Esperanto gladilo
- gladiloappliance for pressing clothes
Estonian triikraud
- triikraudappliance for pressing clothes
Finnish silitysrauta
- silitysrautaappliance for pressing clothes
French fer à repasser
- fer à repasserappliance for pressing clothes
German Bügeleisen
- Bügeleisenappliance for pressing clothes
Greek σίδερο
- σίδερο (sídero)appliance for pressing clothes
Hebrew מַגְהֵץ
- מַגְהֵץ (maghéts)appliance for pressing clothes
Hindi इस्त्री, इस्तरी
- इस्त्री (istrī)appliance for pressing clothes
- इस्तरी (istarī)appliance for pressing clothes
Hungarian vasaló
- vasalóappliance for pressing clothes
Icelandic straujárn
- straujárnappliance for pressing clothes
Indonesian setrika
- setrikaappliance for pressing clothes
Italian ferro da stiro
- ferro da stiroappliance for pressing clothes
Japanese アイロン, 火熨斗
- アイロン (airon)appliance for pressing clothes
- 火熨斗 (hinoshi)appliance for pressing clothes
- 熨斗 (noshi)appliance for pressing clothes
Korean 다리미, 울두
- 다리미 (darimi)appliance for pressing clothes
- 울두 (uldu)appliance for pressing clothes
- 화두 (hwadu)appliance for pressing clothes
Latvian gludeklis
- gludeklisappliance for pressing clothes
Lithuanian laidynė, lygintuvas
- laidynėappliance for pressing clothes
- lygintuvasappliance for pressing clothes
Malay seterika
- seterikaappliance for pressing clothes
Māori haeana
- haeanaappliance for pressing clothes
Norwegian Bokmål strykejern
- strykejernappliance for pressing clothes
Persian درزمال, تله
- درزمال (darzmāl)appliance for pressing clothes
- تله (tale)appliance for pressing clothes
- اوتی (ūti)appliance for pressing clothes
Polish żelazko
- żelazkoappliance for pressing clothes
Portuguese ferro, ferro de passar
- ferroappliance for pressing clothes
- ferro de passarappliance for pressing clothes
- ferro de passar roupaappliance for pressing clothes
- ferro de engomarappliance for pressing clothes
Romanian fier de călcat
- fier de călcatappliance for pressing clothes
Russian утю́г
- утю́г (utjúg)appliance for pressing clothes
Scottish Gaelic iarann
- iarannappliance for pressing clothes
Slovak žehlička
- žehličkaappliance for pressing clothes
Spanish plancha, hierro
- planchaappliance for pressing clothes
- hierroappliance for pressing clothes
- planchatelasappliance for pressing clothes
- plancharopaappliance for pressing clothes
- planchadoraappliance for pressing clothes
Swahili pasi
- pasiappliance for pressing clothes
Swedish strykjärn
- strykjärnappliance for pressing clothes
Tagalog plantsa
- plantsaappliance for pressing clothes
Tamil அழுத்தி, இஸ்திரி
- அழுத்தி (aḻutti)appliance for pressing clothes
- இஸ்திரி (istiri)appliance for pressing clothes
Thai เตารีด
- เตารีด (dtao-rîit)appliance for pressing clothes
Turkish ütü
- ütüappliance for pressing clothes
Ukrainian пра́ска, залі́зко
- пра́ска (práska)appliance for pressing clothes
- залі́зко (zalízko)appliance for pressing clothes
Urdu اِسْتْری, اِسْتَری
- اِسْتْری (istrī)appliance for pressing clothes
- اِسْتَری (istarī)appliance for pressing clothes
Vietnamese bàn ủi, bàn là
- bàn ủiappliance for pressing clothes
- bàn làappliance for pressing clothes
Welsh haearn smwddio
- haearn smwddioappliance for pressing clothes
Yiddish פּרעסאײַזן, פּרעסל
- פּרעסאײַזן (presayzn)appliance for pressing clothes
- פּרעסל (presl)appliance for pressing clothes
- ביגל־אײַזןappliance for pressing clothes
Cite this entry
APA
clothes iron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clothes%20iron
MLA
“clothes iron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clothes%20iron. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clothes iron,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clothes%20iron.
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