Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of iron
nounironing (countable and uncountable, plural ironings)
plural ironings
- countableuncountableLaundry that has recently been ironed.
I really should put the ironing away.
Translations
Bulgarian гладене, дрехи за гладене
- гладене (gladene)act of pressing clothes with an iron
- дрехи за гладене (drehi za gladene)laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed
- изгладени дрехи (izgladeni drehi)laundry that has recently been ironed
Catalan planxada
- planxadaact of pressing clothes with an iron
Chinese Mandarin 熨燙 /熨烫
- 熨燙 /熨烫 (yùntàng)act of pressing clothes with an iron
Dutch strijken, strijkgoed
- strijkenact of pressing clothes with an iron
- strijkgoedlaundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed
- strijkgoedlaundry that has recently been ironed
Finnish silitys, silittäminen
- silitysact of pressing clothes with an iron
- silittäminenact of pressing clothes with an iron
French repassage, vêtements à repasser
- repassageact of pressing clothes with an iron
- vêtements à repasserlaundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed
- vêtements repasséslaundry that has recently been ironed
German Bügeln, Bügelwäsche
- Bügelnact of pressing clothes with an iron
- Bügelwäschelaundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed
- Bügelwäschelaundry that has recently been ironed
Greek σιδέρωμα
- σιδέρωμα (sidéroma)act of pressing clothes with an iron
Hungarian vasalás
- vasalásact of pressing clothes with an iron
Italian lo stirare, vestiti da stirare
- lo stirareact of pressing clothes with an iron
- vestiti da stirarelaundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed
- vestiti stiratilaundry that has recently been ironed
Japanese アイロン掛け
- アイロン掛け (airongake)act of pressing clothes with an iron
Korean 다리미질, 다림질
- 다리미질 (darimijil)act of pressing clothes with an iron
- 다림질 (darimjil)act of pressing clothes with an iron
Polish prasowanie
- prasowanieact of pressing clothes with an iron
Portuguese passagem a ferro
- passagem a ferroact of pressing clothes with an iron
Russian гла́женье, гла́жка
- гла́женье (gláženʹje)act of pressing clothes with an iron
- гла́жка (glážka)act of pressing clothes with an iron
- утю́жка (utjúžka)act of pressing clothes with an iron
- бельё для гла́жки (belʹjó dlja glážki)laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed
- вы́глаженное бельё (výglažennoje belʹjó)laundry that has recently been ironed
Slovak žehlenie, žehlenie
- žehlenieact of pressing clothes with an iron
- žehlenielaundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed
- žehlenielaundry that has recently been ironed
Spanish acción de planchar
- acción de plancharact of pressing clothes with an iron
Swedish strykning, stryktvätt
- strykningact of pressing clothes with an iron
- stryktvättlaundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed
- strykt tvättlaundry that has recently been ironed
Ukrainian прасування
- прасування (prasuvannja)act of pressing clothes with an iron
Cite this entry
APA
ironing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironing
MLA
“ironing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ironing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironing.
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