Usage Note
Sanitaire covers both physical hygiene infrastructure (les installations sanitaires = bathroom facilities) and public-health matters (une crise sanitaire = a health crisis, widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic). As a plural noun, les sanitaires means the toilet/bathroom facilities.
Examples
"Les conditions sanitaires du camp étaient mauvaises."
Natural Translation
The sanitary conditions of the camp were poor.
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