laundrette

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noun

Synonym of launderette (UK)

Similar
launderettelaundromat
OriginEnglish laundry ← Middle English lavendrie ← Old French lavanderie →
UncommonScrabble 11
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Meanings

nounlaundrette (plural laundrettes)

plural laundrettes

  1. Synonym of launderette (UK)

    The laundrette was a decent walk away; the air outside its doors was always scolding and brash, as if the air there was so clean it could sting you.

    2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was, Cipher Press, page 115

    Synonyms: launderette, laundromat

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of launderette (UK)

Similar
launderettelaundromat
Also see
launderettelaundromatlaundry

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₃-
  2. Proto-Italic*lowō
  3. Latinlavo
  4. Latinlavare
  5. Latinlavandarium
  6. Latinlavandaria
  7. Old Frenchlavanderie
  8. Middle Englishlavendrie
  9. Englishlaundry
  10. Englishlaundrette

From laundry + -ette.

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Cite this entry
APA

laundrette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laundrette

MLA

“laundrette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laundrette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laundrette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laundrette.

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