cleanliness
UK/ˈklɛn.li.nᵻs/
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South Asia/ˈklɛn.li.nɛs/
cleanliness noun: the property of being cleanly, or habitually clean; good hygiene.
Noun
cleanliness (usually uncountable, plural cleanlinesses)
- The property of being cleanly, or habitually clean; good hygiene.
- Both engines and carriages were maintained in admirable cleanliness, and a very high standard of neatness characterised the permanent way and lineside buildings.1946 May and June, J. Alan Rannie, “The Midland of 35 Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 137
- Ritual purity.
cleanliness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cleanliness in Hindi
- the property of being cleanly
- सफ़ाई safāī
cleanliness in Tamil
- the property of being cleanly
- தூய்மை tūymai
cleanliness in Marathi
- cleanliness, hygiene
- स्वच्छता svacchatā
cleanliness in Urdu
- cleanliness, hygiene
- صفائی safāī
More languagesFewer languages
- cleanliness in Telugu
- శుభ్రము śubhramu
- cleanliness in Malayalam
- വൃത്തി vr̥tti, ശുദ്ധി śuddhi, വെടിപ്പ് veṭippŭ
- cleanliness in Kannada
- ತಿಳಿಮೆ, ಶುದ್ಧತೆ, ಸ್ವಚ್ಛತೆ, ನೈರ್ಮಲ್ಯ
- cleanliness in Arabic
- نَظَافَة naẓāfa
Examples of cleanliness in a sentence
- Bathing once a month may save time, but from a cleanliness standpoint, it's not effective.
- Cleanliness is a virtue worth more than others.
- I was impressed with the cleanliness of the hotel.
Forms of cleanliness
| plural | cleanlinesses |
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Origin of cleanliness
From cleanly + -ness.
Words formed from cleanliness
Questions about cleanliness
- What does cleanliness mean?
- Cleanliness means the property of being cleanly, or habitually clean; good hygiene.
- What is cleanliness in Hindi?
- Cleanliness in Hindi is सफ़ाई (safāī). See Cleanliness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cleanliness?
- Cleanliness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cleanliness?
- Cleanliness is pronounced /ˈklɛn.li.nᵻs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cleanliness?
- The plural of cleanliness is cleanlinesses.
Words near cleanliness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cleanliness (page history and authors); स्वच्छता (Marathi) (page history and authors); صفائی (Urdu) (page history and authors); വൃത്തി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); cleanliness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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