sanitation

English

Etymology

sanitary +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

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Noun

sanitation (countable and uncountable, plural sanitations)

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

Hypernyms

(policy and practice): public health

Related terms

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 (zh) (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 (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

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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

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