Meaning

4 senses

  1. An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).

  2. A lavatory: a room with a toilet.

    a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

  3. A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.

  4. A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Why can't we be privy to that information?

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  2. I'm not privy to their decisions.

    ruЯ не посвящен в их решения.

    deIch bin nicht in ihre Entscheidungen eingeweiht.

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  3. Tom interrupted the privy council to take a huge dump.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (

From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive; to free, release”). Doublet of private.

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Forms

plural: privies
Singularprivy
Pluralprivies

regular

Synonyms

92 synonyms
bathroomA1toiletA1shieldB2sixA1facilitiesB2lavatoryC1necessaryA2officeA1placeA1cottageB2geographyB1wardrobeB1canA2commodeC2
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
privatizeprivilegeB2privilegedC1prixprizeB1
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