Meanings
plural sanitations
- countableuncountableThe hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.
1 more example
To lovers of Victoriana it will not be necessary to enlarge on the original beauty of many [old stations], but to the modern traveller romantic nostalgia will not compensate for bleak, draughty waiting rooms, ancient sanitation, uncomfortable grimy seats and gas lighting; he is likely to prefer the comforts of a modern car on a winter's morning.
1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 249
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmaking something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic اَلصِّحَّة الْعُمُومِيَّة
- اَلصِّحَّة الْعُمُومِيَّة (aṣ-ṣiḥḥa l-ʕumūmiyya)the policy and practice
Bulgarian хигиенизиране
- хигиенизиране (higienizirane)the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
Chinese Mandarin 下水道設施 /下水道设施, 衛生設備 /卫生设备
- 下水道設施 /下水道设施 (xiàshuǐdào shèshī)the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- 衛生設備 /卫生设备 (wèishēng shèbèi)the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- 盥洗設備 /盥洗设备 (guànxǐ shèbèi)the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- 公共衛生 /公共卫生 (gōnggòng wèishēng)the policy and practice
- 環境衛生 /环境卫生 (huánjìng wèishēng)the policy and practice
Finnish jätehuolto, jätehuolto
- jätehuoltothe hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- jätehuoltothe policy and practice
French assainissement
- assainissementthe hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
German Kanalisation, Abwasserentsorgung
- Kanalisationthe hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- Abwasserentsorgungthe hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- Abfallwirtschaftthe hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
Greek εξυγίανση, υγιεινή
- εξυγίανση (exygíansi)the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- υγιεινή (ygieiní)the policy and practice
Hebrew סניטציה, תברואה
- סניטציה (sanitátsya)the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- תברואה (tavruá)the policy and practice
Japanese 衛生設備, 衛生
- 衛生設備 (eisei setsubi)the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- 衛生 (eisei)the policy and practice
- 公衆衛生 (kōshū eisei)the policy and practice
Korean 위생설비, 위생
- 위생설비 (wisaengseolbi)the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- 위생 (wisaeng)the policy and practice
- 공중위생 (gongjung'wisaeng)the policy and practice
Polish asenizacja
- asenizacjathe hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
Portuguese saneamento, saneamento
- saneamentothe hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- saneamentothe policy and practice
Russian сана́ция, ассениза́ция
- сана́ция (sanácija)the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- ассениза́ция (assenizácija)the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- канализа́ция (kanalizácija)the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- улучше́ние санита́рных усло́вий (ulučšénije sanitárnyx uslóvij)the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- санитари́я (sanitaríja)the policy and practice
- санита́рная профила́ктика (sanitárnaja profiláktika)the policy and practice
Swedish avloppsrening, hygien
- avloppsreningthe hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
- hygienthe policy and practice
Tagalog palagalingan
- palagalinganthe policy and practice
Vietnamese vệ sinh
- vệ sinhthe hygienic disposal or recycling of waste
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Cite this entry
sanitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanitation
“sanitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanitation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sanitation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanitation.
Source: sanitation on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.