French Conversation · Level 47
73 words
French word
nettoyeur
Pronunciation
IPA/netwajœʁ/
Meaning
- masculine nouncleaner
Example
Nous avons fait appel à un nettoyeur pour nettoyer la salle.
We called in a cleaner to clean the room.
More examples
Les nettoyeurs municipaux commencent à travailler à cinq heures.
City cleaners begin working at five o'clock.
Core concept
A worker moving through buildings with cleaning tools, leaving rooms, surfaces, and equipment clean.
Common phrases
nettoyeur de rue
street sweeper
nettoyeur municipal
city cleaner
nettoyeur de chantier
construction-site cleaner
Similar words
femme de ménage: A domestic worker who cleans rooms, does laundry, and handles daily household chores.
agent de nettoyage: A professional cleaner who cleans floors, windows, and other areas in businesses or facilities.
employé d'entretien: An employee who maintains and cleans buildings and inspects their equipment.
concierge: A building caretaker who handles reception, resident requests, light cleaning, and basic management.
Definition in French
Employé chargé d'effectuer le nettoyage des bâtiments, des pièces ou du matériel.
Word origin
Nettoyeur is formed from the verb nettoyer, 'to clean', with the agent suffix -eur, which marks a person who performs an action.
Usage tips
- Nettoyeur is masculine, with the feminine form nettoyeuse; its article is un nettoyeur, but une nettoyeuse for a woman.