essuie-mains
French, noun/e.sɥi.mɛ̃/
essuie-mains is spelled E-S-S-U-I-E-M-A-I-N-S (11 letters). Essuie-mains is a French masculine noun meaning “hand towel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de essuie-main.”.
What does essuie-mains mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehand towel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de essuie-main..
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of essuie-mains
- essuie-main singular
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce essuie-mains?
- /e.sɥi.mɛ̃/
- \ɛ.sɥi.mɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.