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teinturier

dry cleaner

noun tehn-tü-RYEH Rare

Also means

dyer

Usage Note

Teinturier historically referred to a fabric dyer, but in modern French it almost always means a dry cleaner. The shop itself is called une teinturerie. The feminine form is teinturière. You might say porter un costume chez le teinturier — 'to take a suit to the dry cleaner's'.

Examples

"Je porte ma veste chez le teinturier."

Natural Translation

I'm taking my jacket to the dry cleaner.

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