privat

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See also: privát and privât

English

Adjective

privat (comparative more privat, superlative most privat)

  1. Obsolete spelling of private.

See also

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin prīvātus.

Adjective

privat (feminine privada, masculine plural privats, feminine plural privades)

  1. private
    Antonym: públic
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Participle

privat (feminine privada, masculine plural privats, feminine plural privades)

  1. past participle of privar

References

German

Etymology

16th century, from Latin prīvātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁiˈvaːt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Adjective

privat (strong nominative masculine singular privater, comparative privater, superlative am privatesten)

  1. private
    Synonyms: persönlich, vertraulich, intim, nicht für die Allgemeinheit/Öffentlichkeit bestimmt
    Antonyms: öffentlich, publik, allgemein, beruflich, dienstlich

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • privat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • privat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • privat” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch privaat.

Pronunciation

Adjective

privat

  1. private
    Synonyms: partikelir, pribadi, swasta
  2. personal
    Synonyms: pribadi, tersendiri

Alternative forms

Further reading

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin prīvātus.

Adjective

privat m (feminine singular privada, masculine plural privac, feminine plural privadas)

  1. private

Latin

Verb

prīvat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of prīvō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prīvātus.

Adjective

privat (neuter singular privat, definite singular and plural private)

  1. private

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prīvātus.

Adjective

privat (neuter singular privat, definite singular and plural private)

  1. private

Derived terms

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan , from Latin prīvātus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

privat m (feminine singular privada, masculine plural privats, feminine plural privadas)

  1. private (belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group)
    Antonym: public

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed or based on French privé, Italian privato, from Latin privatus.

Adjective

privat m or n (feminine singular privată, masculine plural privați, feminine and neuter plural private)

  1. private (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite privat privată privați private
definite privatul privata privații privatele
genitive-
dative
indefinite privat private privați private
definite privatului privatei privaților privatelor

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prīvātus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

privat (comparative mer privat, superlative mest privat)

  1. private (not done in the view of others)
  2. privately owned, privately held (not public)

Declension

Inflection of privat
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular privat mer privat mest privat
neuter singular privat mer privat mest privat
plural privata mer privata mest privata
masculine plural2 private mer privata mest privata
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 private mer private mest private
all privata mer privata mest privata

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

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Adverb

privat (comparative mer privat, superlative mest privat)

  1. privately
    Vi tar det här privat så hon inte läcker det till offentligheten.
    We take this privately so she doesn't leak it to the public.

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