What does lavage in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word lavage in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use lavage in French.

The word lavage in French means cleaning, washing, wash, water supply pipe, waste water, pump 's stomach, pump the stomach of, hand-washing, gastric lavage, colonic irrigation, colon cleansing, brainwashing, machine wash, shrink in the wash, carwash. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word lavage

cleaning, washing

nom masculin (nettoyage) (uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le lavage des mains doit être renouvelé régulièrement.
You should wash your hands often.

wash

nom masculin (cycle de nettoyage de linge)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ne t'en fais pas, cette tache partira au lavage. // Au bout de seulement deux lavages, mon pull a commencé à pelucher.
Don't worry, that stain will come out in the wash. // My jumper started pilling after just two washes.

water supply pipe

nom féminin (prise d'eau de voirie)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le cantonnier lave le passage après avoir raccorder un tuyau à la bouche de lavage.

waste water

nom féminin (eau sale résultat d'un lavage)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

pump 's stomach, pump the stomach of

locution verbale (Médecine : vider l'estomac) (medical)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Le médecin a fait un lavage d'estomac à la jeune femme car elle avait avalé des barbituriques.
The doctor pumped the young woman's stomach because she had taken barbiturates.

hand-washing

nom masculin (lavage manuel de [qch]) (process, activity)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

gastric lavage

nom masculin (purge d'estomac) (medicine)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
On prescrit un lavage d'estomac à toute personne ayant avalé un produit toxique.

colonic irrigation, colon cleansing

nom masculin (nettoyage, purification) (uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il faut faire un lavage d'intestin avant une coloscopie.

brainwashing

nom masculin (endoctrinement)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cette armée pratique un véritable lavage de cerveau sur les enfants pour en faire des soldats.

machine wash

nom masculin (lavage en machine à laver)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

shrink in the wash

locution verbale (diminuer de taille après lavage)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Oh non, mon pull a rétréci au lavage !

carwash

nom féminin (lieu pour laver les véhicules)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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