sanitary
Syllables: san·i·ta·ryUK/ˈsænɪt(ə)ɹi//ˈsænɪˌtɛɹi/
sanitary adjective: of or relating to health.
Adjective
sanitary (comparative more sanitary, superlative most sanitary)
Noun
sanitary (plural sanitaries)
- 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
sanitary meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
sanitary in Tamil
- உடல்நலத்திற்கேற்ற, சாக்கடை கழிவு நீக்கத்திற்குரிய, துப்புரவு சார்ந்த, துப்புரவு, வாழ்க்கைநலனனுக்குரிய, உடனலனுக்குரிய
sanitary in Marathi
- स्वच्छताविषयक
sanitary in Urdu
- سینیٹری
sanitary in Bengali
- স্বাস্থ্যকর, পরিচ্ছন্ন, স্বাস্থ্যবিধান সংক্রান্ত, জীবাণুমুক্ত, পয়ঃনিষ্কাশন সম্পর্কিত
More languagesFewer languages
- sanitary in Telugu
- శానిటరీ
- sanitary in Malayalam
- ആരോഗ്യകരമായ, ശുചീകരണസംബന്ധമായ
- sanitary in Nepali
- सेनेटरी
- sanitary in Tagalog
- palagalingin
- sanitary in Thai
- อนามัย à-naa-mai
- sanitary in Vietnamese
- vệ sinh, sạch
Examples of sanitary in a sentence
- Thus the curse of Eve and the monthly blues give way to sanitary protection and menstual health.
- (on the sanitary properties of kitchen knives) They give you the illusion of safety.
- Generally happens only once per career (kinda like a mercy flush over a pressurized sanitary tank).
Forms of sanitary
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more sanitary |
| superlative | most sanitary |
| Noun | |
| plural | sanitaries |
Origin of sanitary
19th century, borrowed from French sanitaire, formed from Latin sanitas (“health”). Analysable as sanity + -ary.
Words formed from sanitary
- aerosanitary
- hydrosanitary
- insanitary
- phytosanitary
- presanitary
- rural sanitary district
- sanitarian
- sanitarily
- sanitariness
- sanitarist
- sanitarium
- sanitary cordon
- sanitary district
- sanitary engineer
- sanitary engineering
- sanitary landfill
- sanitary napkin
- sanitary pad
- sanitary science
- sanitary sewer
- sanitary towel
- sanitary ware
- sanitaryware
- sanitation
- sociosanitary
- unsanitary
- zoosanitary
Phrases with sanitary
- Sanitary Camp
- sanitary pads
- sanitary wares
- sanitary sewers
- sanitary towels
- sanitary cordons
- sanitary napkins
- sanitary districts
- sanitary engineers
- North Sanitary Camp
- South Sanitary Camp
- urban sanitary district
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about sanitary
- What does sanitary mean?
- Sanitary means of or relating to health.
- What is sanitary in Tamil?
- Sanitary in Tamil is உடல்நலத்திற்கேற்ற, சாக்கடை கழிவு நீக்கத்திற்குரிய, துப்புரவு சார்ந்த. See Sanitary meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sanitary?
- Sanitary can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce sanitary?
- Sanitary is pronounced /ˈsænɪt(ə)ɹi/ (UK).
Words near sanitary in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sanitary (page history and authors); sanitary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sanitary (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sanitary (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sanitary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sanitary (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sanitary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sanitary (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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