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• /ˈpɹaɪ.vɪt/
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• /ˈpɹaɪ.vət/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈphɹaɪ̯vɪt]
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• Canada: [ˈphɹaɪ̯vɪt]
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• Canada: [ˈpɹəjvət]
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• Australian: [ˈphɹɑɪ̯vɪt]
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• British, Southern, Standard: [ˈphɹɑjvət]
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• Ireland: [ˈphɹaɪ̯vət̞]
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• South-Asia: /praj.veʈ/
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From Middle English privat(e) (“individual, exclusive, private”), from Latin prīvātus (“bereaved, deprived, set apart from, release”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive, release”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), from prīvus (“private, one's own, proper”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per; compare prime, prior, pristine. Doublet of privy.

295 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: privaat — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Arabic: خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Arabic: شَخْصِيّ (šaḵṣiyy) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Arabic: خاص (ḵāṣṣ) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Arabic: شَخْصِي (šaḵṣi) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Azerbaijani: özəl — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Azerbaijani: şəxsi — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Bashkir: шәхси (şəxsi) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Belarusian: прыва́тны (pryvátny) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Bulgarian: ча́стен (částen) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Catalan: privat — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Catalan: personal — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Catalan: reservat — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Chinese Mandarin: 私立 (sīlì) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Chinese Mandarin: 私人 (sīrén) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Czech: soukromý — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Danish: personlig — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Danish: privat — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Dutch: persoonlijk — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Dutch: privaat — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Finnish: yksityinen — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Finnish: henkilökohtainen — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• French: personnel — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• French: personnelle — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• French: privé — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Georgian: კერძო (ḳerʒo) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• German: privat — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Greek: ιδιωτικός (idiotikós) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Ancient Greek: ἴδιος (ídios) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Gujarati: ખાનગી (khāngī) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Hebrew: פְּרָטִי (p'ratí) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Hindi: निजी (nijī) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Hungarian: külön — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Hungarian: magán — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Icelandic: einkarekinn — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Indonesian: pribadi — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Indonesian: perseorangan — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Irish: príobháideach — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Italian: personale — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Italian: riservato — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Japanese: 私有 (shiyū) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Japanese: プライベート (puraibēto) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Korean: 사적 (sajeok) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Korean: 사유 (sayu) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Korean: 개인 소유 (gaein soyu) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Latin: prīvātus — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Macedonian: при́ватен (prívaten) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Macedonian: ли́чен (líčen) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Malay: peribadi — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Malayalam: സ്വകാര്യ (svakārya) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Māori: tūmataiti — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Māori: matatapu — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Marathi: खाजगी (khāj̈gī) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Eastern Mari: шке (ške) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Khiamniungan Naga: thīngkhéu — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Norwegian Bokmål: privat — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Occitan: privat — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Polish: osobisty — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Polish: prywatny — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Portuguese: pessoal — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Portuguese: privado — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Romanian: privat — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Russian: ча́стный (částnyj) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Russian: прива́тный (privátnyj) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Russian: ли́чный (líčnyj) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Scottish Gaelic: prìobhaideach — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Serbo-Croatian: приватан — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Serbo-Croatian: privatan — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Slovak: súkromný — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Slovene: zaseben — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Spanish: privado — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Swedish: privat — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Tagalog: pribado — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Tok Pisin: praivet — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Tulu: ಖಾಸ (khāsa) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Ottoman Turkish: خصوصی (hususî) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Ukrainian: прива́тний (pryvátnyj) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Vietnamese: riêng tư — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Welsh: preifat — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Yiddish: פּריוואַט (privat) — belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
• Afrikaans: privaat — not accessible by the public
• Arabic: خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ) — not accessible by the public
• Bashkir: шәхси (şəxsi) — not accessible by the public
• Bulgarian: частен (časten) — not accessible by the public
• Catalan: privat — not accessible by the public
• Chinese Mandarin: 私立 (sīlì) — not accessible by the public
• Czech: soukromý — not accessible by the public
• Danish: privat — not accessible by the public
• Dutch: privé — not accessible by the public
• Dutch: besloten — not accessible by the public
• Esperanto: privata — not accessible by the public
• Finnish: yksityinen — not accessible by the public
• Finnish: yksityis- — not accessible by the public
• French: privé — not accessible by the public
• French: privée — not accessible by the public
• German: privat — not accessible by the public
• Greek: ιδιωτικός (idiotikós) — not accessible by the public
• Ancient Greek: ἴδιος (ídios) — not accessible by the public
• Gujarati: ખાનગી (khāngī) — not accessible by the public
• Hebrew: פרטי (p"rati) — not accessible by the public
• Hindi: निजी (nijī) — not accessible by the public
• Hindi: व्यक्तिगत (vyaktigat) — not accessible by the public
• Hungarian: magán — not accessible by the public
• Indonesian: pribadi — not accessible by the public
• Indonesian: privat — not accessible by the public
• Irish: príobháideach — not accessible by the public
• Italian: privato — not accessible by the public
• Italian: privata — not accessible by the public
• Italian: riservato — not accessible by the public
• Japanese: 私立の (shiritsu no) — not accessible by the public
• Korean: 사립 (sarip) — not accessible by the public
• Latin: prīvātus — not accessible by the public
• Macedonian: при́ватен (prívaten) — not accessible by the public
• Macedonian: за́творен (zátvoren) — not accessible by the public
• Malay: persendirian — not accessible by the public
• Māori: tūmataiti — not accessible by the public
• Norwegian Bokmål: privat — not accessible by the public
• Norwegian Nynorsk: privat — not accessible by the public
• Occitan: privat — not accessible by the public
• Polish: niejawny — not accessible by the public
• Polish: poufny — not accessible by the public
• Polish: prywatny — not accessible by the public
• Portuguese: particular — not accessible by the public
• Romanian: privat — not accessible by the public
• Russian: ча́стный (částnyj) — not accessible by the public
• Russian: закры́тый (zakrýtyj) — not accessible by the public
• Russian: необщедосту́пный (neobščedostúpnyj) — not accessible by the public
• Scottish Gaelic: prìobhaideach — not accessible by the public
• Scottish Gaelic: uaigneach — not accessible by the public
• Spanish: privado — not accessible by the public
• Swedish: privat — not accessible by the public
• Tagalog: pribado — not accessible by the public
• Tok Pisin: praivet — not accessible by the public
• Ottoman Turkish: خصوصی (hususî) — not accessible by the public
• Welsh: cyfrinachol — not accessible by the public
• Welsh: preifat — not accessible by the public
• Yiddish: פּריוואַט (privat) — not accessible by the public
• Azerbaijani: özəl — not in governmental office or employment
• Azerbaijani: şəxsi — not in governmental office or employment
• Bulgarian: неофициален (neoficialen) — not in governmental office or employment
• Catalan: privat — not in governmental office or employment
• Czech: soukromý — not in governmental office or employment
• Danish: privat — not in governmental office or employment
• Finnish: yksityinen — not in governmental office or employment
• Hindi: निजी (nijī) — not in governmental office or employment
• Indonesian: privat — not in governmental office or employment
• Indonesian: swasta — not in governmental office or employment
• Indonesian: partekelir — not in governmental office or employment
• Korean: 민간 (min'gan) — not in governmental office or employment
• Korean: 민영 (minyeong) — not in governmental office or employment
• Macedonian: не́службен (néslužben) — not in governmental office or employment
• Macedonian: неофиција́лен (neoficijálen) — not in governmental office or employment
• Malay: swasta — not in governmental office or employment
• Romanian: privat — not in governmental office or employment
• Scottish Gaelic: prìobhaideach — not in governmental office or employment
• Scottish Gaelic: uaigneach — not in governmental office or employment
• Bulgarian: конфиденциален (konfidencialen) — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Catalan: secret — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Czech: soukromý — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Czech: tajný — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Danish: privat — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Finnish: yksityinen — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Hindi: निजी (nijī) — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Korean: 사적 (sajeok) — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Korean: 개인적 (gaeinjeok) — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Macedonian: до́верлив (dóverliv) — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Macedonian: та́ен (táen) — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Romanian: privat — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Scottish Gaelic: prìobhaideach — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Scottish Gaelic: dìomhair — not publicly known; not open; secret
• Bulgarian: уединен (uedinen) — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Czech: soukromý — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Danish: privat — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Danish: afsondret — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Danish: isoleret — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Finnish: rauhallinen — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Finnish: yksityinen — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Indonesian: privat — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Korean: 은밀(隱密)하다 (eunmilhada) — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Korean: 비공개 (bigonggae) — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Macedonian: сми́рен (smíren) — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Macedonian: за́тскриен (zátskrien) — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Scottish Gaelic: prìobhaideach — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Scottish Gaelic: uaigneach — protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
• Danish: privat — not traded by the public
• Finnish: yksityinen — not traded by the public
• Hungarian: zártkörű — not traded by the public
• Korean: 비상장 (bisangjang) — not traded by the public
• Korean: 비공개 (bigonggae) — not traded by the public
• Czech: uzavřený — secretive; reserved
• Danish: hemmelighedsfuld — secretive; reserved
• Finnish: varautunut — secretive; reserved
• Korean: 과묵(寡默)하다 (gwamukhada) — secretive; reserved
• Scottish Gaelic: dùinte — secretive; reserved
• Czech: soukromý — not shared with another patient
• Czech: samostatný — not shared with another patient
• Finnish: yksityinen — not shared with another patient
• Scottish Gaelic: prìobhaideach — not shared with another patient
• Arabic: جُنْدِيّ (jundiyy) — soldier
• Armenian: շարքային (šarkʻayin) — soldier
• Azerbaijani: əsgər — soldier
• Belarusian: радавы́ (radavý) — soldier
• Belarusian: шараго́вец (šarahóvjec) — soldier
• Bulgarian: ре́дник (rédnik) — soldier
• Catalan: soldat ras — soldier
• Catalan: soldat — soldier
• Chinese Mandarin: 列兵 (lièbīng) — soldier
• Chinese Mandarin: 二等兵 (èrděngbīng) — soldier
• Czech: vojín — soldier
• Danish: menig — soldier
• Dutch: gemeen soldaat — soldier
• Estonian: reamees — soldier
• Finnish: sotamies — soldier
• Finnish: mokkeri — soldier
• Finnish: alokas — soldier
• French: simple soldat — soldier
• French: soldat — soldier
• French: soldat de deuxième classe — soldier
• Galician: soldado — soldier
• Galician: soldado raso — soldier
• Georgian: რიგითი (rigiti) — soldier
• German: Gemeiner — soldier
• German: Schütze — soldier
• German: Kanonier — soldier
• German: Private — soldier
• Greek: στρατιώτης (stratiótis) — soldier
• Hebrew: טוּרַאי (turái) — soldier
• Hindi: सैनिक (sainik) — soldier
• Hungarian: közlegény — soldier
• Indonesian: prajurit — soldier
• Indonesian: tamtama — soldier
• Italian: semplice — soldier
• Italian: soldato semplice — soldier
• Italian: appuntato — soldier
• Italian: ascaro — soldier
• Japanese: 二等兵 (nitōhei) — soldier
• Japanese: 兵卒 (heisotsu) — soldier
• Kazakh: қатардағы (qatardağy) — soldier
• Korean: 이등병 (ideungbyeong) — soldier
• Korean: 이병 (ibyeong) — soldier
• Korean: 전사 (jeonsa) — soldier
• Korean: 병졸 (byeongjol) — soldier
• Korean: 짬찌 (jjamjji) — soldier
• Kyrgyz: катардагы (katardagı) — soldier
• Latin: gregārius — soldier
• Latvian: ierindnieks — soldier
• Lithuanian: eilinis — soldier
• Macedonian: ре́дов (rédov) — soldier
• Malay: prebet — soldier
• Malay: askar — soldier
• Māori: hōia — soldier
• Māori: paraiweti — soldier
• Norman: sîmpl'ye soudard — soldier
• Norwegian Bokmål: menig — soldier
• Norwegian Nynorsk: meinig — soldier
• Persian: سرباز (sarbâz) — soldier
• Persian: سرباز وظیفه (sarbâz-e vazife) — soldier
• Polish: szeregowy — soldier
• Polish: szeregowiec — soldier
• Portuguese: soldado — soldier
• Portuguese: soldado raso — soldier
• Romanian: soldat — soldier
• Russian: рядово́й (rjadovój) — soldier
• Serbo-Croatian: рѐдов — soldier
• Serbo-Croatian: по́зо̄рнӣк — soldier
• Serbo-Croatian: rèdov — soldier
• Serbo-Croatian: pózōrnīk — soldier
• Slovak: vojak — soldier
• Slovene: vojak — soldier
• Spanish: cabo — soldier
• Spanish: soldado raso — soldier
• Swedish: menig — soldier
• Swedish: basse — soldier
• Tajik: сарбоз (sarboz) — soldier
• Tajik: каторӣ (katori) — soldier
• Tajik: аскар (askar) — soldier
• Thai: พลทหาร (pon-tá-hǎan) — soldier
• Turkish: er — soldier
• Ukrainian: рядови́й (rjadovýj) — soldier
• Ukrainian: рядови́к (rjadovýk) — soldier
• Uzbek: oddiy — soldier
• Uzbek: ryadovoy — soldier
• Vietnamese: binh nhì — soldier
• Bulgarian: слабини́ (slabiní) — euphemisms for genitals
• Catalan: les parts — euphemisms for genitals
• Finnish: sukuelimet — euphemisms for genitals
• Hindi: गुह्य (guhya) — euphemisms for genitals
• Irish: baill ghiniúna — euphemisms for genitals
• Irish: náire — euphemisms for genitals
• Italian: parti intime — euphemisms for genitals
• Korean: 짬찌 (jjamjji) — euphemisms for genitals
• Malay: alat sulit — euphemisms for genitals
• Maltese: is-sigriet — euphemisms for genitals
• Māori: wāhi tapu — euphemisms for genitals
• Welsh: rhannau dirgel — euphemisms for genitals