privet

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• /ˈpɹɪv.ɪt/
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Borrowed from Russian приве́т (privét, “hello, hi”).

Unknown origin, but possibly connected to prime.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: voshtër — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Albanian: ligustër — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Armenian: սրնգենի (srngeni) — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Armenian: կիպրոս (kipros) — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Bulgarian: птиче грозде (ptiče grozde) — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Catalan: troana — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Catalan: olivereta — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Chinese Mandarin: 女貞 /女贞 (nǚzhēn) — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Czech: ptačí zob — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Dutch: liguster — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Finnish: likusteri — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• French: troène — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Galician: fiaza — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Galician: filseira — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Galician: tilseira — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Galician: fiafeira — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Galician: alfaneiro — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• German: Liguster — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• German: Rainweide — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Greek: λιγούστρο (ligoústro) — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Hungarian: fagyal — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Irish: pribhéad — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Italian: ligustro — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Japanese: イボタノキ (ibotanoki) — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Kaitag: кьацӏи́кӏне (q̇ac̣íḳne) — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Latin: ligustrum — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Māori: hangehange — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Māori: hengahenga — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Māori: pāpā — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Māori: pāhengahenga — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Māori: pāpāhenga — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Māori: whangewhange — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Māori: piriweti — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Polish: ligustr — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Portuguese: alfeneiro — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Romanian: lemn-câinesc — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Romansh: liguster — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Russian: бирючи́на (birjučína) — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̀лина — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Serbo-Croatian: зи̏молез — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Serbo-Croatian: лигу̀струм — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Serbo-Croatian: kàlina — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Serbo-Croatian: zȉmolez — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Serbo-Croatian: ligùstrum — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Spanish: alheña — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Spanish: aligustre — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Spanish: ligustro — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Turkish: kurtbağrı — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Welsh: yswydd — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
• Welsh: prifet — Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum