Question 1

What is the plural of the French word "lessive"?

Accepted Answer

lessives

Question 2

What does the French word "lessive" mean?

Accepted Answer

Hot water that is poured over dirty linen, which is piled in a tub and on which a bed of soda, potash or wood ash has been placed.
The action of washing, cleaning the linen by chemical or mechanical means.
Dirty linen that needs to be washed, that has been washed.
Any kind of detergent water, made so by a suitable substance.
Detergent powder that allows to wash the linen.
Cleaning, the action of getting rid of the people who compromise the proper functioning of an industrial, commercial, administrative organization, etc.
Alkaline aqueous solution.
The operation that consists of pouring hot or cold water several times over earthy or other materials to extract the soluble parts they contain.

Question 3

What is the etymology of thr French word "lessive"?

Accepted Answer

lissive (14th century) by dissimilation of the first /i/ into /ɛ/: lessive ('alkaline solution used to wash dirty linen') derives from the Latin lixiva (aqua) ('solution based on ash used for washing'), substantivation of the adjective lixivus derived from lix or lixa ('hot water for washing'). Old French also had buée which survives with the meaning of 'laundry' in certain dialects.

Question 4

What is the translation of "lessive" into russian?

Accepted Answer

щёлок

Question 5

What is the translation of "lessive" into english?

Accepted Answer

housecleaning

Question 6

How do you translate "lessive" into german?

Accepted Answer

Hausputz

Question 7

How to translate "lessive" into spanish?

Accepted Answer

lejía

lessive

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