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sanitary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsænɪˌtɛɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
• /saniˈtaɾi/ (Philippines)
• [ˈsɛənɪˌtɛɹi] (Canada, General-American)
• (California) audio
• /ˈsænɪt(ə)ɹi/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

19th century, borrowed from French sanitaire, formed from Latin sanitas (“health”). Analysable as sanity + -ary.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to health.
2. Clean and free from pathogens; hygienic.

Forms

Deriveds

sanitary engineer · sanitary cordon · sanitary engineering · sanitarily · phytosanitary · sanitary napkin · sanitary pad · sanitary sewer · sanitary science · presanitary · sociosanitary · aerosanitary · sanitarian · hydrosanitary · sanitary ware · sanitation · unsanitary · sanitary district · sanitary landfill · sanitary towel · insanitary · sanitariness · rural sanitary district · sanitarium · zoosanitary · sanitaryware · sanitarist

Relateds

sanity · sanitize · sane

Translations (50)

nb sanitær (hygienic) · pl sanitarny (of health) · th อนามัย (hygienic) · la sanitera (of health) · la saniter (of health) · nb sanitær (of health) · ka სანიტარიული (hygienic) · sv sanitets- (hygienic) · fr sanitaire (of health) · uk саніта́рний (of health) · bg чист (hygienic) · mi parukore (hygienic) · kk санитариялық (hygienic) · la saniterum (of health) · ka სანიტარიული (of health) · ka ჰიგიენური (hygienic) · ast sanitariu (of health) · vi sạch (hygienic) · be саніта́рны (of health) · bg санитарен (of health) · vi vệ sinh (of health) · fi terveys- (of health) · cs sanitární (of health) · sv sanitär (hygienic) · sv sanitets- (of health) · ota صحیه (of health) · nb sanitær (of health) · de sanitär (hygienic) · da sanitær (hygienic) · nb hygienisk (hygienic) · ru санита́рный (of health) · cs sanitární (hygienic) · da sanitær (of health) · sv hygien- (hygienic) · sv hygienisk (hygienic) · es sanitario (of health) · fi saniteetti- (hygienic) · tl palagalingin (of health) · bg хигиеничен (hygienic) · fi saniteetti- (of health) · nn hygienisk (hygienic) · nn sanitær (hygienic) · it igienico (hygienic) · kk санитарлық (hygienic) · fr sanitaire (hygienic) · de Gesundheits- (of health) · it sanitario (of health) · kk санитариялық (of health) · sv sanitär (of health) · kk санитарлық (of health)

sanitary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsænɪˌtɛɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
• /saniˈtaɾi/ (Philippines)
• [ˈsɛənɪˌtɛɹi] (Canada, General-American)
• (California) audio
• /ˈsænɪt(ə)ɹi/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

19th century, borrowed from French sanitaire, formed from Latin sanitas (“health”). Analysable as sanity + -ary.

Meanings

1. Sanitary towel.
   • When I made evening rounds, I saw women with their hair rolled, using the sanitaries for rollers. 1996, Tekla Dennison Miller, The Warden Wore Pink, page 117:
   • Women... bleed all over everything because of no proper sanitary protection for disposal and no tampons are issued, bloody unwrapped sanitaries are in every dorm john, every trash can, and blood on every faucet handle...and everywhere imaginable. 2002, Jael Silliman, Anannya Bhattacharjee, Angela Yvonne Davis, Policing the National Body: Sex, Race, and Criminalization, →ISBN, page 21:
   • But sanitaries are the worst. The prison only brings out two packs of sanitaries for everybody, and that's like 240 of sanitaries every month for all the women. 2004, LaVerne McQuiller Williams, Women, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System, →ISBN, page 24:

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