Mot du Jour: Nettoyage (Cleaning)

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

nettoyage /netwajaʒ/ masculine noun

1. clean(up);
   ~ de printemps spring-cleaning;

2. cleaning;
   (of skin) cleansing;
   ~ à sec dry-cleaning;

3. opération de ~ (colloquial) (by army, police) mopping-up operation.

nettoyage: WordReference French-English Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
nettoyage		nm	cleaning
nettoyage	(rendre propre)	nm	cleanup (making clean)
Additional Translations:
nettoyage		nm	scrubbing
nettoyage		nm	laundering
nettoyage	(rendre propre)	nm	cleansing (making clean)
Compound Forms/Formes composées
dispositif de nettoyage			cleaning device
nettoyage à vapeur			steam cleaning
nettoyage à sec			dry cleaning
nettoyage de canalisations		nm	pipe-cleaning
nettoyage de chaudières			boiler-cleaning
nettoyage de tapis			carpet cleaning
nettoyage des métaux		nm	metal-cleaning
nettoyage des rues		nm	street-cleaning GB
nettoyage des vitres		nf	window-cleaning
nettoyage du fusil		nm	gun-cleaning
nettoyage ethnique		nm	ethnic cleansing
produit de nettoyage		nm	cleaning agent
solvant de nettoyage		nm	cleaning solvent