Sanitary

Definition: Sanitary

Sanitary

Adjective

1. Free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom".

Date "sanitary" was first used: 1842. (references)

Etymology: Sanitary \San"i*ta*ry\, adjective. [Latin expression sanitas health: compare to the French expression sanitaire. See Sanity.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Health	Relating or belonging to health and hygiene; conductive to the restoration or maintenance of health. (references)
Medicine	1)relating or belonging to health and hygiene;2)conductive to the restoration or maintenance of health. Source: European Union. (references)
	Promoting or pertaining to health. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Sanitary

Synonym: healthful (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: unsanitary (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Health	Sanitary; (health-giving); sanatory; (remedial).
Salubrity	Adjective: salubrious, salutary, salutiferous; wholesome; healthy, healthful; sanitary, prophYlactic, benign, bracing, tonic, invigorating, good for, nutritious; hygeian, hygienic.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Well, that wouldn't be very sanitary would it? (Barb Wire; writing credit: Chris Warner; Ilene Chaiken) I've always found it very sanitary to be broke. (The Lady from Shanghai; writing credit: Sherwood King; Orson Welles)
Clever	Sanitary landfill (references; author: unknown)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Sanitary Ware in Taiwan: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference) The 2000 Import and Export Market for Sanitary, Plumbing, Heating, Amd Lighting Fixtures in The Middle East (reference) The 2001 Report on Electric, Gas, & Sanitary Services: World Market Segmentation by City (reference) Bath and Sanitary Ware in Taiwan: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference) The 2000 Import and Export Market for Sanitary, Plumbing, Heating, Amd Lighting Fixtures in Barbados (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Civil War Sisterhood: The U.S. Sanitary Commission and Women's Politics in Transition (reference) Equity and Health: Views from the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (reference) Market Research Report on Household Sanitary Paper in China [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Sanitary and Social Lectures and Essays (reference) Sanitary Protection [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	American Society Of Sanitary Engineering Refresher Course Proceedings (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	U. S. Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, Cincinnati.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Army Sanitary School, Langres, Hte. Marne, France. : Faculty of the Army Sanitary School.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	[Lieutenant General Kukle Commanding the Sanitary Department of the rear, Harbin].Credit: National Library of Medicine.		[[Headquarters Sanitary Department].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	[The Russian soldier's best sanitary cart kitchen, Gungalin].Credit: National Library of Medicine.		[Wheeled travois, Division Sanitary Transport, Gungalin].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	[Division Sanitary Transport].Credit: National Library of Medicine.		World War - 1939-1945 - Medical and Sanitary Affairs : A Matter of Life and Death... - booklet about the Medical Department of the United States Army in World War II.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	U.S. Army Sanitary Train No. 103 : American Red Cross Nurses and Chaplain, Chierry, France.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Sanitary & Topographic Map of the City and Island of New York.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption
	Latex; gloves; hygiene; sanitary; protection; medical; doctor.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Sanitary Conventions of January 30, 1892, April l5, l893, April 3, l894, March l9, 1897, and December 3, 1903. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Your sanitary commission is an invention of the revolution.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Pa wandered back from the sanitary unit, and Ma looked critically up.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The same instruction would apply to a new vaginal spray, douche, sanitary napkin, or tampon. (references)
		The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission was founded in response, and hookworm infection has been largely controlled. (references)
		Although anyone can have this disease, it is most common in people who live in developing countries that have poor sanitary conditions. (references)
Business		The expansion of existing sites into sanitary sites. (references)
		A significant increase is in the production of precision, sanitary, and optical instruments. (references)
		At least 50 percent of municipalities will have proper sanitary landfills (an increase from 13 percent). (references)
Children	Barbados	As a result, the majority of new buildings have ramps, reserved parking, and special sanitary facilities for such persons. (references)
	India	Patients generally are ill-fed, denied adequate medical attention, and kept in poorly-ventilated halls with poor sanitary conditions. (references)
Civil Liberties	Australia	Their subsequent report alleged inadequate sanitary facilities and claims of alienation and isolation by detainees. (references)
Economic History	Honduras	Total domestic water coverage and sanitary sewerage services in Honduras are 75.21% and 71.10%, respectively. (references)
	Panama	Registering a national trademark, patent or a sanitary registration application requires a power of attorney. (references)
	Jamaica	Significant quantities of toilet paper, paper towels and sanitary napkins are imported from Trinidad and Tobago. (references)
Human Rights	Mexico	Health and sanitary conditions are poor. (references)
	Angola	Cells are overcrowded and lack basic sanitary facilities. (references)
	Zimbabwe	Extreme overcrowding, shortages of clothing, and poor sanitary conditions persist. (references)
Political Economy	MOROCCO	Sanitary regulations apply to virtually all food imports. (references)
	CHILE	Chile's sanitary regulations have also limited U.S. meat exports to Chile. (references)
	EL SALVADOR	All fresh food, agricultural commodities, and live animals must be accompanied by a sanitary certificate. (references)
Trade	Malaysia	Imports of chicken parts are regulated through licensing and sanitary controls. (references)
	Ecuador	These changes should expedite the sanitary registration process for U.S. firms. (references)
	Australia	U.S. poultry (fresh and frozen) cannot be imported due to sanitary restrictions. (references)
Travel	New Zealand	Food and water are handled in a sanitary manner. (references)
	Kenya	Residents should follow a strict sanitary regime in washing and preparing food. (references)
	Nicaragua	Sanitary practices should be carefully followed, particularly outside of Managua. (references)
Worker Rights	Niger	The law requires employers to ensure minimum sanitary working conditions for children. (references)
	Tuvalu	It requires employers to provide an adequate potable water supply, basic sanitary facilities, and medical care. (references)
	Kiribati	For example, employers must provide an adequate supply of clean water for workers and ensure the existence of sanitary toilet facilities. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Woodrow Wilson	1913-1921	Sanitary laws, pure food laws, and laws determining conditions of labor which individuals are powerless to determine for themselves are intimate parts of the very business of justice and legal efficiency.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Sanitary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.51% of the time. "Sanitary" is used about 185 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	93.51%	173	23,656
Noun (proper)	4.32%	8	124,375
Noun (singular)	2.16%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	185	N/A

Expressions using "sanitary": sanitary articles ♦ sanitary belt ♦ sanitary certificate ♦ sanitary Commission ♦ sanitary condition ♦ sanitary control ♦ sanitary cordon ♦ sanitary engineer ♦ Sanitary Engineering ♦ sanitary facilities ♦ sanitary inspector ♦ sanitary landfill ♦ sanitary landfilling ♦ sanitary napkin ♦ sanitary officer ♦ sanitary sewer ♦ sanitary towel ♦ sanitary van ♦ sanitary ware ♦ The United States Sanitary Commission. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "sanitary": sanitary-band.
	Ending with "sanitary": medico-sanitary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "sanitary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shëndetësor (health), sanitar (medical orderly, orderly, sanitarian), higjienik (hygienic). (various references)

Arabic		‏نظيف (clean, cleanly, fair, immaculate, neat, spotless, spruce, stainless, taut, tidy), ‏صحي (constitutional, healthful, healthy, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, wholesome), ‏الكنيف الصحي. (various references)

Bulgarian		санитарен (sanitarian), хигиенен, хигиеничен (healthful, hygienic), чист (absolute, chaste, clean, cleanly, clear, crisp, crystal, downright, fair, fine, fresh, heavenly, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, lucid, mere, native, natty, neat, net, orderly, oriental, pellucid, pristine, pure, rank, self, sheer, simon-pure, soilless, solid, stainless, sterling, straight, sublime, sweet, taintless, trim, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, unmixed, unpolluted, unsophisticated, unspotted, unstained, virgin, virginal, virtuous, white, white-handed), обществен клозет. (various references)

Chinese		有益健康. (various references)

Czech		sanitární, zdravotnický (sanitarian). (various references)

Danish		sanitaer-, hygiejne-. (various references)

Dutch		sanitarius, sanitair (hygienic), hygiënisch (hygienic, sanitation). (various references)

Farsi		بهداشتی (Hygienic). (various references)

Finnish		terveydellinen (hygienic), tervetuloa (hygienic, nice you could come! welcome), hygieeninen (hygienic). (various references)

French		sanitaire (sanitarian, sanitation). (various references)

German		sanitär (sanitarian), hygienisch (hygienic), gesundheits-, gesundheitlich (hygienic). (various references)

Greek		υγιεινόσ (healthful, healthy, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanatory, sanitarian, wholesome), υγειονομικόσ (health, medical, sanitarian), εξυγιαντικόσ. (various references)

Hebrew		תברואתי, ס� יטרי. (various references)

Hungarian		higiénikus (hygienic, salubrious), egészségügyi (hygienic, medic, medical, paramedic, sanitarian), egészségi (relating to health). (various references)

Indonesian		kesehatan (health). (various references)

Italian		sanitario (doctor). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		衛�"�的 (hygienic), 衛�"�上 (hygienic), 健康的 (healthful, hygienic), サイン曲線 (ca et la, commercial jingle, saccharin, sack, sack dress, sacrifice, sacrifice bunt, sacrifice fly, saddle, sadism, sadist, sadistic, sado, sadomasochism, Sahara, sanatorium, sanitary napkin, sash, Saskatchewan, Satan, satellite, satellite computer, satellite office, satellite station, satellite studio, satin, satisfaction, Saturday night special, Saturn, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, sauna, sax, saxophone, sine curve, sinusoid, skirt with suspender, soccer, soccer coach, sound, sound box, sound business, sound effects, sound logo, sound man, soundinterface, soundtrack, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southern Cross, southpaw, success, success story, sudden death, suggest, suggestion, suspend, suspended game, suspenders, suspense, suspense drama, suspension, sustaining program, Thousand Island). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		サニタリー , け�"�"うてき (healthful, hygienic), えいせいじょう (hygienic), えいせいてき (hygienic). (various references)

Korean		위생 (hygiene, hygienic, hygienical, sanitation). (various references)

Manx		slayntoil (genial, healthy, salubrious, sane, sound). (various references)

Pig Latin		anitarysay.(various references)

Portuguese		sanitário (bathroom, sanitarian), salutar (beneficial, salubrious, salutary, sanative, sanatory, wholesome), limpo (clean, clean-handed, cleanly, cleanly cut, cleared, cloudless, neat, net, orderly, precise, spotless, Spruce, straight, tidy, trim, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, well done), higiênico (hygienic, hygrometer, wholesome). (various references)

Romanian		sanitar (health), igienic (hygienic). (various references)

Russian		санитарный (ambulance, sanitarian), оздоровительный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sanitarni (hygienic, sanitarian), zdravstven (health). (various references)

Spanish		sanitario (sanitarian, toilet, toilette). (various references)

Swedish		sanitär. (various references)

Turkish		sağlık (curative, fitness, health, hygienic, sanitarian, sense of well-being, soundness, welfare, well being), sıhhi, umumi tuvalet (public convenience, public lavatory), temiz (chaste, clean, clean-handed, cleanly, clear, fair, fairly, fresh, kosher, neat, neatly, pure, respectable, Spruce, tidy, unpolluted, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained), hijenik (hygienic). (various references)

Ukranian		санітарний (sanitarian), гігі�"нічний (hygienic, hygienical, sanitarian). (various references)

Vietnamese		khố kinh nguyệt (sanitary napkin), kỹ thuật vệ sinh (sanitary engineering). (various references)

Welsh		iechydol (hygienic). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	sanitas. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "sanitary": insanitary, unsanitary. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Sanitary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sagittary, salitary, Sanagare, sanatory, Sanita, sanitaire, sanitar, Santaray, savitri, vanitory. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "sanitary" (pronounced sa"nute'rē)
8	s a" n u t e' r ē	unsanitary.
7	-a" n u t e' r ē	interplanetary, planetary.
6	-n u t e' r ē	dignitary, monetary, unitary.
5	-u t e' r ē	budgetary, cemetery, cometary, depositary, dietary, hereditary, military, nonmilitary, paramilitary, pituitary, proprietary, salutary, secretary, solitary, tributary, undersecretary.
4	-t e' r ē	commentary, dysentery, fragmentary, involuntary, momentary, monastery, sedentary.
3	-e' r ē	actuary, adversary, ancillary, apothecary, arbitrary, aviary, beneficiary, bicentenary, Blackberry, blueberry, capillary, cardiopulmonary, Cassowary, cautionary, centenary, commissary, concessionary, confectionary, confectionery, Constabulary, contemporary, corollary, coronary, counterrevolutionary, cranberry, culinary, customary, deflationary, Dewberry, dictionary, disciplinary, discretionary, disinflationary, diversionary, Dogberry, dromedary, emissary, epistolary, estuary, evolutionary, exclusionary, expansionary, expeditionary, extraordinary, fiduciary, formulary, functionary, funerary, gooseberry, hackberry, honorary, Huckleberry, illusionary, imaginary, inflationary, interdisciplinary, itinerary, judiciary, lapidary, legendary, library, literary, luminary, mercenary, missionary, mortuary, mulberry, necessary, noninflationary, obituary, ordinary, pecuniary, preliminary, primary, probationary, pulmonary, quaternary, raspberry, reactionary, recessionary, revolutionary, Rosemary, sanctuary, savagery, secondary, semilegendary, seminary, stationary, stationery, statuary, strawberry, subsidiary, temporary, Tilbury, topiary, unnecessary, urinary, veterinary, visionary, vocabulary.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-i-n-r-s-t-y"
	-1 letter: antiars, artisan, tsarina, yantras.
	-2 letters: antiar, arista, astray, instar, nairas, ratans, ratany, riatas, sanity, santir, satiny, strain, tarsia, tiaras, trains, yantra.
	-3 letters: airns, airts, antas, antis, antra, antsy, arias, artsy, astir, atria, ayins, naira, naris, nasty, raias, rains, rainy, ranis, rants, ratan, rayas, riant, riata, saint, saran, sarin, satay, satin, satyr, sitar, stain, stair, stray, stria, tains, tansy, tarns, tarsi, tiara, train, trans, trays, yarns.
	-4 letters: ains, airn, airs, airt, airy, aits, anas, anis, ansa, anta, anti, ants, aria, arts, arty, ayin, nary, nays, nits, raia, rain, rani, rant, rats, raya, rays, rias, rins, ryas, sain, sari, sati, snit, star, stay, stir, tain, tans, tarn, tars, tins, tiny, tray, tsar, tyin, yarn, yins.
	-5 letters: aas, ain, air, ais, ait, ana, ani, ant, any, ars, art, ays, ins, its, nay, nit, ran, ras, rat, ray, ria, rin, rya, sat, say, sin, sir, sit, sri, sty, syn, tan, tar, tas, tin, tis, try, yar, yin.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-i-n-r-s-t-y"
	+1 letter: trainways.
	+2 letters: insanitary, partisanly, sanitarily, stationary, unsanitary.
	+3 letters: antibaryons, antislavery.
	+4 letters: antiroyalist, clairvoyants, intranasally, microanalyst, pantisocracy, saccharinity, tracklayings.
	+5 letters: anfractuosity, antiroyalists, cryptanalysis, geostationary, microanalysts, nonstationary, paralyzations, parasynthesis, parasynthetic, postcranially, reasonability, sacrosanctity, saturnalianly, synarthrodial, thrasonically.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 61 6E 69 74 61 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

... .- -. .. - .- .-. -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100001 01101110 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#97 &#110 &#105 &#116 &#97 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0061 006E 0069 0074 0061 0072 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Country	Name
Philippines	Sanitary Wares Manufacturing Corporation
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Expression	Frequency per Day
sanitary napkin	79
sanitary	64
sanitary ware	39
sanitary fitting	25
sanitary pantie	24
sanitary pump	22
sanitary pad	21
sanitary engineering	21
sanitary product	15
sanitary valve	15
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Sanitary

Definition: Sanitary

Sanitary

Adjective

Specialty Definitions: Sanitary

Synonym: Sanitary

Synonyms within Context: Sanitary

Health

Salubrity

Crosswords: Sanitary

Modern Usage: Sanitary

Screenplays

Clever

Commercial Usage: Sanitary

References

Books

Periodicals

Image Slideshow: Sanitary

Computer Images:Sanitary

Photo Album: Sanitary

Sounds Captioned with "Sanitary".

Historic Usage: Sanitary

Treaty of Versailles

Use in Literature: Sanitary

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Sanitary

Speeches: Sanitary

Woodrow Wilson

Usage Frequency: Sanitary

Usage in Company Names: Sanitary

Sanitary Wares Manufacturing Corporation

Expression: Sanitary

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sanitary

sanitary napkin

sanitary

sanitary ware

sanitary fitting

sanitary pantie

sanitary pump

sanitary pad

sanitary engineering

sanitary product

sanitary valve

Modern Translations: Sanitary

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Ancestral Language Translations: Sanitary

Derivations & Misspellings: Sanitary

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Sanitary