sanitation

English

Etymology

sanitary +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsænɪˈteɪʃən/

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Noun

sanitation (countable and uncountable, 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
• sanitational

Translations

the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste

• Albanian: kanalizime
• Armenian: սանիտացիա (sanitacʿia)
• Azerbaijani: sanitariya
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: jätehuolto (fi)
• French: assainissement (fr) m
• Georgian: სანიტარია (saniṭaria)
• German: Kanalisation (de) f, Abwasserentsorgung f, Abfallwirtschaft (de) f

• Greek: εξυγίανση (el) f (exygíansi)
• Japanese: 衛生設備 (eisei setsubi) (disposal system)
• Portuguese: saneamento (pt) m
• Russian: сана́ция (ru) f (sanácija), ассениза́ция (ru) f (assenizácija), канализа́ция (ru) f (kanalizácija) (sewerage system), улучше́ние санита́рных усло́вий n (ulučšénije sanitárnyx uslóvij)
• Swedish: avloppsrening (sv) c
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

the policy and practice

• Arabic: اَلصِّحَّة الْعُمُومِيَّة‎ f (aṣ-ṣiḥḥa l-ʿumūmiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公共衛生 (zh), 公共卫生 (zh) (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 (ja) (eisei), 公衆衛生 (ja) (kōshū eisei) (public sanitary)
• Portuguese: saneamento (pt) m
• Russian: санитари́я (ru) f (sanitaríja), санита́рная профила́ктика f (sanitárnaja profiláktika)
• Swedish: hygien (sv) c
• Tagalog: palagalingan

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bengali: ^{(please verify)} পরিচ্ছন্নতা (pôricchônnta)
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} hygiejne (da) c, ^{(please verify)} sanitetsvæsen c, ^{(please verify)} sanitet c, ^{(please verify)} teknisk hygiejne c
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} afvalverwerking (nl) f, ^{(please verify)} rioolwaterzuivering (nl) f
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} תברואה‎ (he), ^{(please verify)} סניטציה‎ f, ^{(please verify)} גהות‎ f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} igiene (it) f, ^{(please verify)} fognature (it) f pl, ^{(please verify)} nettezza urbana f

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 공중 위생 (gongjung wisaeng), ^{(please verify)} 위생 시설 (wisaeng siseol), ^{(please verify)} 하수구 설비 (hasugu seolbi)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} higiene (es) f, ^{(please verify)} saneamiento (es) m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} renhållning c, ^{(please verify)} sanitär utrustning c, ^{(please verify)} sanitära anläggningar c, ^{(please verify)} hälsovård (sv) c
• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} sanitasyon, ^{(please verify)} gawaing pangkalinisan

See also

• disease
• disinfection
• microorganisms
• sewage

Anagrams

• snatiation