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/pʁive/

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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.

Cette , .

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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This word is part of lesson 17.