la lessive

the laundry

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the laundry Usually refers to the task of washing clothes, or the laundry that needs washing; it can also mean laundry detergent.

FR: Je fais la lessive le samedi.

EN: I do the laundry on Saturdays.

I can’t get the laundry done in time.

— Bad Genius (2017)

Have you done the laundry?

The laundry can wait.

Tom does laundry three times a week.

No more housework and laundry!

— Le Château dans le ciel (1986)

Put in the laundry.

The laundry goes inside, not on the windows.

— Apocalypse Now (1979)

Tomorrow, we'll do the laundry.

— Last Life in the Universe (2003)

Have you done the laundry?

I do the cleaning, the shopping, even the laundry.

— Léon (1994)

The laundry.

Laundry detergent?

— Presque Célèbre (2000)

She would do the laundry herself, which is rare.

— The Garden of Sinners, film 5 : Spirale contradictoire (2008)

Doing the laundry and the taxes, and the laundry and the taxes.

— Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Take the laundry detergent.

— Presque Célèbre (2000)