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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /priˈva.to/
- Rhymes: -ato
- Hyphenation: pri‧và‧to
Etymology 1
From Latin prīvātus.
Adjective
privato (feminine privata, masculine plural privati, feminine plural private, superlative privatissimo)
- private, personal
- Synonym: personale
- Antonym: pubblico
Derived terms
Noun
privato m (plural privati, feminine privata)
- private person, private citizen
- privacy
Etymology 2
From privare.
Participle
privato (feminine privata, masculine plural privati, feminine plural private)
- past participle of privare
Further reading
- privato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
prīvātō
- second/third-person singular future active imperative of prīvō
Adjective
prīvātō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of privatus
Noun
prīvātō
- dative/ablative singular of privatus
References
- “privato”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “privato”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- privato in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.