windscreen wiper

(Automotive Engineering) Brit an electrically operated blade with a rubber edge that wipes a windscreen clear of rain, snow, etc. US and Canadian name: windshield wiper

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Noun

windscreen wiper - a mechanical device that cleans the windshield

windshield wiper, wiper blade, wiper

mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles

automotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails

Translations

مَسَّاحَةٌ لزُجَاجِ السَّيَّارَة

stěrač předního skla

vinduesvisker

Scheibenwischer

υαλοκαθαριστήρας

limpiaparabrisas

tuulilasinpyyhkijä

essuie-glace

brisač

ablaktörlõ

tergicristallo

フロントガラスのワイパー

창유리 닦개

ruitensproeier

vindusvisker

wycieraczka przedniej szyby

limpadores do pára-brisa limpadores do pára-brisas

стеклоочиститель

vindrutetorkare

ที่ปัดกระจก

cam sileceği

cần gạt nước

风挡刮水器

windscreen wiper

n → tergicristallo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

windscreen wiper

→ مَسَّاحَةٌ لزُجَاجِ السَّيَّارَة stěrač předního skla vinduesvisker Scheibenwischer υαλοκαθαριστήρας limpiaparabrisas tuulilasinpyyhkijä essuie-glace brisač tergicristallo フロントガラスのワイパー 창유리 닦개 ruitensproeier vindusvisker wycieraczka przedniej szyby limpadores do pára-brisa, limpadores do pára-brisas стеклоочиститель vindrutetorkare ที่ปัดกระจก cam sileceği cần gạt nước 风挡刮水器

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