"essuie-tout" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \e.sɥi.tu\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-MrStrelok75-essuie-tout.wav Forms: essuietout
  1. Papier absorbant, débité en rouleaux d’une largeur d’une vingtaine de centimètres, servant à éponger les débordements et à nettoyer en cuisine.
    Sense id: fr-essuie-tout-fr-noun-Lv-fwK9j Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: papier absorbant, papier linge, papier-linge, papier ménage, sopalin Derived forms: feuille d’essuie-tout Translations (Papier absorbant): Papiertuch (Allemand), Küchenpapier [neuter] (Allemand), Küchenrolle [feminine] (Allemand), paper towel (Anglais), kitchen paper (Anglais), paper-kegin (Breton), 纸巾 (zhǐjīn) (Chinois), køkkenrulle (Danois), talouspaperi (Finnois), χαρτί κουζίνας (khartí kuzínas) (Grec), rotolo da cucina [masculine] (Italien), keukenrol (Néerlandais), keukenpapier (Néerlandais), hushållspapper (Suédois)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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