sanitation

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From sanitary +‎ -ation

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Noun

sanitation (plural sanitations)

1. The hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.
2. The policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures.

Hypernyms

• (policy and practice): public health

Related terms

• sanitarian
• sanitary
• sanitisation
• sanitise
• sanitization
• sanitize

Translations

the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下水道設施, 下水道设施 (xiàshuǐdào shèshī), 衛生設備 (zh), 卫生设备 (wèishēng shèbèi), 盥洗設備, 盥洗设备 (guànxǐ shèbèi)

• Finnish: jätehuolto (fi)
• French: assainissement (fr) m

• German: Kanalisation (de) f, Abwasserentsorgung f, Abfallwirtschaft f
• Greek: εξυγίανση (el) f (exygíansi)
• Japanese: 衛生設備 (eisei setsubi) (disposal system)
• Russian: сана́ция (ru) f (sanácija), ассениза́ция (ru) f (assenizácija), канализа́ция (ru) f (kanalizácija) (sewerage system), улучше́ние санита́рных усло́вий n (ulučšénije sanitárnyx uslóvij)

the policy and practice

• Arabic: الصحة العمومية f (aṣ-ṣiḥḥat al-ʿumūmíyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公共衛生 (zh), 公共卫生 (gōnggòng wèishēng) (public sanitary), 環境衛生, 环境卫生 (huánjìng wèishēng) (environmental sanitary)

• Finnish: jätehuolto (fi)

• Greek: υγιεινή (el) f (ygieiní)
• Japanese: 衛生 (eisei), 公衆衛生 (kōshū eisei) (public sanitary)
• Russian: санитари́я (ru) f (sanitaríja), санита́рная профила́ктика f (sanitárnaja profiláktika)

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• Bengali: পরিচ্ছন্নতা
• Danish: hygiejne c, sanitetsvæsen c, sanitet c, teknisk hygiejne c
• Dutch: afvalverwerking (nl) f, rioolwaterzuivering (nl) f
• Hebrew: ‮תברואה, f סניטציה, גהות‬ f
• Italian: igiene (it) f, fognature (it) f pl, nettezza urbana f
• Korean: 공중 위생 (gongjung wisaeng), 위생 시설 (wisaeng siseol), 하수구 설비 (hasugu seolbi)

• Portuguese: saneamento m
• Spanish: higiene (es) f, saneamiento (es) m
• Swedish: renhållning c, sanitär utrustning c, sanitära anläggningar c, hälsovård c
• Tagalog: sanitasyon, gawaing pangkalinisan

See also

• sewage
• sewage treatment
• microorganisms
• disease
• disinfection