privilege

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈpɹɪv.ɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈpɹɪv.ə.lɪd͡ʒ/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈpɹɪv.lɪd͡ʒ/
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• Australian: /ˈpɹɪv.ə.lɪd͡ʒ/
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• Australian: /ˈpɹɪv.lɪd͡ʒ/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R IH1 V L AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: P R IH1 V L IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: P R IH1 V IH0 L AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 4: P R IH1 V IH0 L IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English privilege, from Anglo-Norman privilege and Old French privilege, from Latin prīvilēgium (“ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual”), from prīvus (“private”) + lēx, lēg- (“law”).

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: erioikeus — exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope
• French: privilège — exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope
• Galician: privilexio — exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope
• Italian: privilegio — exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope
• Latin: privilegium — exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope
• Polish: przywilej — exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope
• Serbo-Croatian: privilegija — exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope
• Albanian: barath — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Arabic: اِمْتِيَاز (imtiyāz) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Armenian: արտոնություն (artonutʻyun) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Azerbaijani: imtiyaz — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Belarusian: прывіле́я (pryviljéja) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Belarusian: прывіле́й (pryviljéj) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Belarusian: ільго́та (ilʹhóta) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Belarusian: льго́та (lʹhóta) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Bulgarian: привиле́гия (privilégija) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Catalan: privilegi — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Cebuano: pribilehiyo — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Cherokee: ᎠᏜᏅᏓᏗᏍᎬ (adlanvdadisgv) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Chinese Mandarin: 特權 /特权 (tèquán) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Czech: výsada — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Czech: privilegium — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Dutch: voorrecht — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Dutch: privilege — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Esperanto: privilegio — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Finnish: erioikeus — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Finnish: erivapaus — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Finnish: etuoikeus — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• French: privilège — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• German: Privileg — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• German: Vergünstigung — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Greek: προνόμιο (pronómio) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Ancient Greek: προνόμιον (pronómion) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Ancient Greek: γέρας (géras) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Hebrew: פְּרִיבִילֶגְיָה (privilégya) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Hebrew: זְכוּת יֶתֶר (zchut yéter) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Hungarian: előny — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Hungarian: előjog — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Ido: privilejo — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Irish: pribhléid — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Italian: privilegio — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Italian: prerogativa — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Japanese: 特権 (tokken) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Khmer: សិទ្ធិ (sətthi’) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Korean: 특권 (teukgwon) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Latin: prīvilēgium — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Malay: hak istimewa — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Māori: māritanga — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Plautdietsch: Väadeel — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Polish: przywilej — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Portuguese: privilégio — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Romanian: privilegiu — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Russian: привиле́гия (privilégija) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Russian: льго́та (lʹgóta) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Serbo-Croatian: privilegija — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Serbo-Croatian: privilegij — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Serbo-Croatian: povlastica — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Spanish: privilegio — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Swedish: privilegium — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Tagalog: pribilehiyo — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Telugu: ప్రత్యేక హక్కు (pratyēka hakku) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Thai: สิทธิ (sìt-tí) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Turkish: ayrıcalık — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Turkish: imtiyaz — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Turkish: torpil — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Turkish: kıyak — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Ukrainian: привіле́й (pryviléj) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Ukrainian: вільго́та (vilʹhóta) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Ukrainian: пі́льга (pílʹha) — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Vietnamese: đặc quyền — particular benefit, advantage, or favor
• Finnish: etuoikeus — rare or fortunate opportunity
• Finnish: harvinainen onni — rare or fortunate opportunity
• Finnish: etuoikeudet — status or existence of privileges
• Finnish: erioikeudet — status or existence of privileges
• Bulgarian: имунитет (imunitet) — right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body
• Finnish: koskemattomuus — right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body
• Finnish: optio-oikeus — finance: stock market option
• Finnish: luottamuksellisuus — legal doctrine
• Romanian: privilegiu — legal doctrine
• Romanian: drept — legal doctrine
• Finnish: käyttöoikeus — computing: selectively granted ability
• Hungarian: jogosultság — computing: selectively granted ability
• Hungarian: hozzáférés — computing: selectively granted ability
• Russian: право (pravo) — computing: selectively granted ability
• Catalan: privilegiar — to grant some particular right or exemption to
• Finnish: myöntää erioikeus — to grant some particular right or exemption to
• Finnish: vapauttaa — to grant some particular right or exemption to
• Finnish: myöntää erivapaus — to grant some particular right or exemption to
• French: privilégier — to grant some particular right or exemption to
• German: privilegieren — to grant some particular right or exemption to
• Portuguese: privilegiar — to grant some particular right or exemption to
• Serbo-Croatian: privilegirati — to grant some particular right or exemption to
• Spanish: privilegiar — to grant some particular right or exemption to
• German: privilegieren — to bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger
• Portuguese: privilegiar — to bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger
• Serbo-Croatian: povlastiti — to bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger
• Spanish: privilegiar — to bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger