Sanitation is a very important part of public health.
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Sanitation
//ˌsænɪˈteɪʃən//
Synonyms for "sanitation" (22 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (11)
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5 entriesRelated terms
11 entriesderived
10 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Translations
42 translations across 21 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kanalizime noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
Arabic
1 entries- اَلصِّحَّة الْعُمُومِيَّة noun (the policy and practice)
Armenian
1 entries- սանիտացիա noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sanitariya noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
Belarusian
2 entries- саніта́рыя noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
- саніта́рыя noun (the policy and practice)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хигиенизиране noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 下水道設施 /下水道设施 noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
- 公共衛生 /公共卫生 noun (the policy and practice)
- 環境衛生 /环境卫生 noun (the policy and practice)
- 盥洗設備 /盥洗设备 noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
Finnish
2 entries- jätehuolto noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
- jätehuolto noun (the policy and practice)
French
1 entries- assainissement noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
Georgian
1 entries- სანიტარია noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
German
3 entries- Abfallwirtschaft noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
- Abwasserentsorgung noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
- Kanalisation noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
Greek
2 entries- εξυγίανση noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
- υγιεινή noun (the policy and practice)
Hebrew
2 entries- סניטציה noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
- תברואה noun (the policy and practice)
Japanese
3 entries- 公衆衛生 noun (the policy and practice)
- 衛生 noun (the policy and practice)
- 衛生設備 noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
Korean
3 entries- 공중위생 noun (the policy and practice)
- 위생 noun (the policy and practice)
- 위생설비 noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
Polish
1 entries- asenizacja noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
Portuguese
2 entries- saneamento noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
- saneamento noun (the policy and practice)
Russian
4 entries- ассениза́ция noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
- канализа́ция noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
- сана́ция noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
- санита́рная профила́ктика noun (the policy and practice)
Swedish
2 entries- avloppsrening noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
- hygien noun (the policy and practice)
Tagalog
1 entries- palagalingan noun (the policy and practice)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vệ sinh noun (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The term sanitation worker is a euphemism for a garbage man.
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Poor sanitation practices rendered Europe helpless against the Black Death.
Source: tatoeba (6122058)
Sanitation is important in the city.
Source: tatoeba (6166052)
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