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• launderette
  launderette

  noun

  a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.
• Launderette
  Launderette

  noun

  a commercial establishment where clothes can be washed and dried, using coin-operated machines

launderette

American  

[lawn-duh-ret, lahn‑, lawn-duh-ret, lahn‑] / ˌlɔn dəˈrɛt, ˌlɑn‑, ˈlɔn dəˌrɛt, ˈlɑn‑ /

Also laundrette

noun

1. a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.

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Launderette British  

/ lɔːnˈdrɛt, ˌlɔːndəˈrɛt /

noun

1. Also called (US, Canadian, and NZ): Laundromat.  a commercial establishment where clothes can be washed and dried, using coin-operated machines

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Etymology

Origin of launderette

First recorded in 1945–50; formerly a trademark

Example Sentences

A launderette owner was so moved she is now offering to do washing for free.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2022

The thing about London is that you can have a launderette and then look above it and it’s got this beautiful Regency architecture.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

After coming out of prison, she discovered the launderette where she had worked for all those years was to become a dry cleaner's, and she was out of a job.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2020

The launderette, located in a former hospital near the Vatican, is run by the Community of Sant’Egidio.

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2017

We were soaked and filthy, desperately needed a launderette, clean, dry clothes, a square meal, and a Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson