"handwashing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: handwashings [plural]
Etymology: From hand + washing. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|washing}} hand + washing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} handwashing (countable and uncountable, plural handwashings)
  1. Washing of one's hands. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: hand wash Translations (washing of one's hands): Händewaschen [neuter] (German), kézmosás (Hungarian), maniluvio [masculine] (Italian), 手洗い (tearai) (alt: てあらい) (Japanese), handþwēal [neuter] (Old English), mycie rąk [neuter] (Polish), мытьё рук (mytʹjó ruk) [neuter] (Russian), миття́ рук (myttjá ruk) [neuter] (Ukrainian), sự rửa tay (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-handwashing-en-noun-0Em9QNR9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand washing, hand-washing
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Etymology: From handwash + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|handwash|ing|nocat=1}} handwash + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} handwashing
  1. present participle and gerund of handwash Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: handwash Categories (topical): Hygiene
    Sense id: en-handwashing-en-verb-k4qkG7DF Disambiguation of Hygiene: 20 80 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand washing, hand-washing
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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