/pʁive/
#813 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
private
Word origin
From Latin privatus ('set apart, belonging to one person'), the past participle of privare ('to deprive, to set apart'), from privus ('single, individual').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- privatus
- English cognates
- private, privation, deprive
Grammar
Feminineprivée
Masc pluralprivés
Fem pluralprivées
Examples
'.
His private life is no one else's business.
, .
This beach is private, we cannot go there.
.
My brother works at a private school in Paris.
jet '.
He has a private jet for his business trips.
C' , ' .
It is a private conversation, please close the door.
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