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Definition: Cleanness |
CleannessNoun1. The state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities. 2. Without moral defects. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cleanness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Antonym: dirtiness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cleanness | Noun: cleanness, cleanliness; Adjective: purity; cleaning; Verb: purification, defecation; Verb: purgation, lustration; detersion, abstersion; epuration, mundation; ablution, lavation, colature; disinfection; Verb: drainage, sewerage. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Napoleon Bonaparte | Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Cleanness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cleanness" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "cleanness": not-quite-cleanness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cleanness | 21 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cleanness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pastërti (chastity, clarity, cleanliness, clearness, immaculacy, purity, wash house). (various references) | |
Arabic | نظافة (cleanliness, going-over, neatness, purgation, purity, tidiness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чистота (chastity, clarity, cleanliness, fairness, purity, whiteness). (various references) | |
Chinese | 干干净净. (various references) | |
Czech | èistota (cleanliness, neatness, purity, tidiness). (various references) | |
Danish | on-linemåling af overfladerenhed (on-line measurement of surface cleanness). (various references) | |
Dutch | on-line bepaling van de zuiverheid van het oppervlak (on-line measurement of surface cleanness). (various references) | |
Finnish | siisteys (tidiness), puhtaus (cleanliness, purity). (various references) | |
French | propreté (cleanliness), netteté (cleanliness, clearness). (various references) | |
German | sauberkeit (accuracy, cleanliness, crispness, neatness, purity, spruceness, tidiness). (various references) | |
Greek | καθαρότησ (clarity, purity), καθαριότητα (cleanliness, neatness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | טו"ר (brightness, chastity, purity, virtue), קיות (innocence). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tisztaság (brightness, chastity, clarity, cleanliness, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, Maidenhead, neatness, purity). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kebersihan (cleanliness, purity, sanitation). (various references) | |
Italian | pulizia (cleaning, cleanliness, neatness, purity, sweeping), nettezza (chasteness, clarity, cleanliness), lindezza. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 透明 (transparency). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | とうめい (transparency). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eannessclay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | limpeza (cleanliness, cleansing, cleanup, comb-out, mop-up, neatness, purity, rubdown, scour, washing, wipe). (various references) | |
Romanian | curãţenie (chastity, clarity, clean, cleaning, cleanliness, clearness, fairness, immaculacy, modesty, purity). (various references) | |
Russian | чистота (clarity, cleanliness, fineness, immaculacy, order, pureness, purity, sereneness). (various references) | |
Scottish | glainead (purity). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | čistoća (cleanliness, limpidity, purity). (various references) | |
Spanish | limpieza (ablution, clean up, cleaning, cleanliness, comb out, dredge, facial, frankness, high tide, immaculacy, integrity, police, purity, scouring, shining, turnout), aseo (bathroom, cleanliness, tidiness). (various references) | |
Swedish | renhet (chastity, cleanliness, fineness, immaculacy, purity, virginity). (various references) | |
Thai | ความสะอา". (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чистота (candor, candour, chastity, clarity, cleanliness, clearness, dew, immaculacy, purity, virginity). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự sạch sẽ sự trong sạch. (various references) | |
Welsh | glendid (beauty, fairness). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | munditia, munditiae, munditiam. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Samuel Chapter 22, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai apodwsei moi kurioV kata thn dikaiosunhn mou kai kata thn kaqariothta twn ceirwn mou enwpion twn ofqalmwn autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et restituet Dominus mihi secundum iustitiam meam et secundum munditiam manuum mearum in conspectu oculorum suorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the Lord shal restore to me after my riytwisnes; and after the clennesse of myn hoondis in the siyt of his eyen. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye-sight. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Samuel Chapter 22, Verse 25 |
| Cebuano | Busa si Jehova nagabalus kanako sumala sa akong pagkamatarung, Sumala sa akong kalinis sa atubangan sa panan-aw sa iyang mga mata. |
| Croatian | Jahve mi po pravdi mojoj vrati, èistoæu ruku mojih vidje. |
| Danish | HERREN lønned mig efter min Retfærd, mine Hænders Uskyld, som var ham for Øje! |
| Dutch | Zo gaf mij de HEERE weder naar mijn gerechtigheid, naar mijn reinigheid, voor Zijn ogen. |
| Finnish | Sentähden Herra palkitsee minulle vanhurskauteni mukaan, sen mukaan kuin olen puhdas hänen silmiensä edessä. |
| French | Aussi l`Éternel m`a rendu selon ma droiture, Selon ma pureté devant ses yeux. |
| German | Darum vergilt mir der HERR nach meiner Gerechtigkeit, nach meiner Reinigkeit vor seinen Augen. |
| Haitian Creole | Se konsa li ban m' sa m' merite, paske mwen mache dwat devan li, paske li wè mwen inonsan. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka TUHAN membalas perbuatanku yang benar sebab Ia tahu aku tidak bersalah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sebab itu dibalas Tuhan akan daku sekadar kebenaranku, sekadar kesucianku yang di hadapan pemandangan-Nya. |
| Maori | No reira i homai ai e Ihowa he utu ki ahau, rite tonu ki toku tika; rite tonu ki toku ma ki tana titiro. |
| Norwegian | Og Herren gjengjeldte mig efter min rettferdighet, efter min renhet for hans øine. |
| Portuguese | Por isso me retribuiu o Senhor conforme a minha justiça, conforme a minha pureza diante dos meus olhos. |
| Rumanian | De aceea Domnul mi -a rqsplqtit nevinovqyia mea, dupq curqyia mea knainte Lui. |
| Spanish | Por tanto, Jehovah me ha recompensado conforme a mi justicia, conforme a mi limpieza ante sus ojos. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cleanness": cleannesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cleanness": uncleanness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cleanness": uncleannesses. (additional references) | |
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"Cleanness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clanness, cleaness, cleaniess, Cluaness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cleanness" (pronounced klē"nnus or klē"nus) |
| 5 | -ē" n n u s | greenness, meanness. |
| 4 | -n n u s | drunkenness, evenness, humanness, oneness, openness, sternness, stubbornness, suddenness, thinness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, onus, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, sturdiness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
| 5 | -l ē" n u s | lenis, Salinas. |
| 4 | -ē" n u s | genus, intravenous, Minas, penis, venous. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-n-n-s-s" | |
-1 letter: cleanses, leanness. | |
-2 letters: cannels, cleanse, encases, enlaces, scalene, seances, senecas. | |
-3 letters: aneles, cannel, ceases, censes, cleans, easels, encase, enlace, lances, leases, lenses, lessen, nances, scales, scenas, scenes, seance, seneca, sennas. | |
-4 letters: acnes, alecs, anele, canes, cases, cease, cense, clans, class, clean, easel, eases, elans, laces, lance, lanes, lases, leans, lease, lenes, lense, nance, nenes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-l-n-n-s-s" | |
+2 letters: cleanliness, cleannesses, screenlands, uncleanness. | |
+4 letters: changefulness, cleanlinesses, containerless, convalescents, endonucleases, finicalnesses, identicalness, incalescences, incapableness, translucences, uncleanliness, uncleannesses, underclassmen, unnecessarily. | |
+5 letters: accidentalness, beneficialness, candlesnuffers, changeableness, changelessness, clannishnesses, colonialnesses, convalescences, fancifulnesses, housecleanings, indelicateness, intercessional, ironicalnesses, penicillinases, translucencies, unsociableness. | |
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