"sanitary" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsænɪtɛɹi/ [General-American], /ˈsænɪt(ə)ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /saniˈtaɾi/ [Philippines] Audio: en-us-sanitary.ogg Forms: more sanitary [comparative], most sanitary [superlative]
Etymology: 19th century, borrowed from French sanitaire, formed from Latin sanitas (“health”). Analysable as sanity + -ary. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|sanitaire}} French sanitaire, {{der|en|la|sanitas||health}} Latin sanitas (“health”), {{affix|en|sanity|-ary}} sanity + -ary Head templates: {{en-adj}} sanitary (comparative more sanitary, superlative most sanitary)
  1. Of, or relating to health. Translations (of health): sanitariu (Asturian), саніта́рны (sanitárny) (Belarusian), санитарен (sanitaren) (Bulgarian), sanitární (Czech), sanitær (Danish), terveys- (Finnish), saniteetti- (Finnish), sanitaire (French), Gesundheits- (German), sanitario (Italian), санитариялық (sanitariälyq) (Kazakh), санитарлық (sanitarlyq) (Kazakh), saniter [masculine] (Latin), sanitera [feminine] (Latin), saniterum [neuter] (Latin), sanitær (Norwegian Bokmål), sanitær (Norwegian Nynorsk), صحیه (sıhhıye) (Ottoman Turkish), sanitarny (Polish), санита́рный (sanitárnyj) (Russian), sanitario (Spanish), sanitär (Swedish), sanitets- (Swedish), palagalingin (Tagalog), саніта́рний (sanitárnyj) (Ukrainian), vệ sinh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-sanitary-en-adj-jN9vfyhV Disambiguation of 'of health': 99 1
  2. Clean and free from pathogens; hygienic. Translations (hygienic): чист (čist) (Bulgarian), хигиеничен (higieničen) (Bulgarian), sanitární (Czech), sanitær (Danish), saniteetti- (Finnish), sanitaire (French), sanitär (German), igienico (Italian), санитариялық (sanitariälyq) (Kazakh), санитарлық (sanitarlyq) (Kazakh), parukore (Maori), hygienisk (Norwegian Bokmål), sanitær (Norwegian Bokmål), hygienisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), sanitær (Norwegian Nynorsk), sanitär (Swedish), hygienisk (Swedish), sanitets- (Swedish), hygien- (Swedish), อนามัย (à-naa-mai) (Thai), sạch (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-sanitary-en-adj-rpuE856B Disambiguation of 'hygienic': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sane, sanity, sanitize

Noun

IPA: /ˈsænɪtɛɹi/ [General-American], /ˈsænɪt(ə)ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /saniˈtaɾi/ [Philippines] Audio: en-us-sanitary.ogg Forms: sanitaries [plural]
Etymology: 19th century, borrowed from French sanitaire, formed from Latin sanitas (“health”). Analysable as sanity + -ary. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|sanitaire}} French sanitaire, {{der|en|la|sanitas||health}} Latin sanitas (“health”), {{affix|en|sanity|-ary}} sanity + -ary Head templates: {{en-noun}} sanitary (plural sanitaries)
  1. Sanitary towel.
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Inflected forms

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