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Webster 1913 Edition

Cleanliness

Clean′li-ness

(klĕn′lĭ-nĕs)

,

Noun.

[From

.]

State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.

Cleanliness

from head to heel.

Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cleanliness

CLEANLINESS

, n.

1.

Freedom from dirt, filth, or any foul, extraneous matter.

2.

Neatness of person or dress; purity.

Definition 2024

cleanliness

cleanliness

English

Noun

cleanliness ‎(usually uncountable, plural cleanlinesses)

the property of being cleanly, or habitually clean; good hygiene
Cleanliness is next to godliness. (proverb)

Related terms

Translations

the property of being cleanly

Belarusian: чыстата́ f ‎(čystatá), чы́стасць f ‎(čýstascʹ)
Bulgarian: чистота́ (bg) f ‎(čistotá)
Catalan: netedat f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清潔 (zh), 清洁 (zh) ‎(qīngjié)
Czech: čistota f, čistost f
Danish: renlighed (da) c
Esperanto: pureco
Finnish: puhtaus (fi), siisteys (fi)
French: propreté (fr) f
German: Sauberkeit (de) f, Reinlichkeit f
Hebrew: ניקיון m ‎(niqaion)
Hungarian: tisztaság (hu)
Ido: neteso (io)
Japanese: 清潔 (ja) ‎(せいけつ, seiketsu)

Latvian: tīrīgums m
Macedonian: чистота f ‎(čistota)
Polish: czystość (pl) f, czystota (pl) f (dated)
Portuguese: limpeza (pt) f
Quechua: mayllay
Russian: чистота́ (ru) f ‎(čistotá), чи́стость f ‎(čístostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: чистоћа f, чистост f

Roman: čistoća (sh) f, čistost (sh) f
Slovak: čistota (sk) f, čistosť f
Slovene: čistoča (sl) f
Spanish: limpieza (es) f
Swahili: usafi (sw)
Ukrainian: чистота́ f ‎(čystotá), чи́стість (uk) f ‎(čýstistʹ)