"privy" meaning in English

See privy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɹɪvi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-privy.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-privy.wav Forms: more privy [comparative], most privy [superlative], privie [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -ɪvi Etymology: From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“I bereave, deprive; I free, release”). Doublet of private. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pryvy}} Middle English pryvy, {{der|en|fro|privé||private}} Old French privé (“private”), {{der|en|la|prīvātus||deprived}} Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), {{doublet|en|private}} Doublet of private Head templates: {{en-adj}} privy (comparative more privy, superlative most privy)
  1. (now chiefly historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own. Tags: historical Translations (private, exclusive, particular): privé (Dutch), uniek (Dutch), exclusief (Dutch), salainen (Finnish), yksityinen (Finnish), privé (French), unique (French), exclusif (French), geheim (German), magán (Hungarian), saját (Hungarian), titkos (Hungarian), ли́чен (líčen) (Macedonian), и́склучив (ísklučiv) (Macedonian), при́ватен (prívaten) (Macedonian), prywatny (Polish), privado [masculine] (Portuguese), exclusivo [masculine] (Portuguese), particular (Portuguese), privativo (Portuguese), confidencial (Portuguese), в ку́рсе (v kúrse) (Russian), ча́стный (částnyj) (Russian), ли́чный (líčnyj) (Russian), прива́тный (privátnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-privy-en-adj-kVIbEqLg Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Buildings Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 6 31 5 15 25 5 Disambiguation of Buildings: 17 2 28 4 31 14 4 Disambiguation of 'private, exclusive, particular': 87 11 2
  2. (now rare, archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-privy-en-adj-b2VnlnXU
  3. With knowledge of; party to; let in on. Translations (with knowledge of; party to; let in on): посветен (posveten) (Bulgarian), осведомен (osvedomen) (Bulgarian), zasvěcený (Czech), informovaný (Czech), ingeweid (Dutch), medeplichtig (Dutch), tietoinen (Finnish), perillä (Finnish), instruit (French), complice (French), eingeweiht (German), in Kenntnis (German), κοινωνός (koinonós) (Greek), beavatott (Hungarian), tudomása van (Hungarian), tudomással bír (Hungarian), у́патен (úpaten) (Macedonian), по́светен (pósveten) (Macedonian), محرم (mahram) (Persian), wtajemniczony (Polish), в ку́рсе (v kúrse) (Russian), посвящённый (posvjaščónnyj) (Russian), осведомлённый (osvedomljónnyj) (Russian), cómplice (Spanish), enterado (Spanish), al tanto (Spanish), invigd (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ignorant (english: antonym)

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɪvi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-privy.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-privy.wav Forms: privies [plural], privie [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -ɪvi Etymology: From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“I bereave, deprive; I free, release”). Doublet of private. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pryvy}} Middle English pryvy, {{der|en|fro|privé||private}} Old French privé (“private”), {{der|en|la|prīvātus||deprived}} Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), {{doublet|en|private}} Doublet of private Head templates: {{en-noun}} privy (plural privies)
  1. An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
    Sense id: en-privy-en-noun-eDCU0VZL
  2. A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
    Sense id: en-privy-en-noun-x0I7O31v Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Buildings, Rooms, Toilet (room) Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 6 31 5 15 25 5 Disambiguation of Buildings: 17 2 28 4 31 14 4 Disambiguation of Rooms: 8 11 15 15 34 10 8 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 0 0 0 6 57 37 0 Synonyms: bathroom [US], latrine, necessarium [humorous], toilet, toilet room [dated], urinal, water closet [UK], WC [UK], cloaca, closet, jacques, kocay, siege, cludgie [Scotland], neddy [Geordie, obsolete], netty [Geordie], shield [Scotland, obsolete], six [North-Wales], facilities, ladies and gentlemen [rare], lavatory, lavabo [humorous, slang], necessary, necessary room, office [archaic], office of ease, place, potty [childish], privy [dated], small room, smallest room, throne room [humorous, slang], cottage [slang], geography, House of Lords [dated, humorous], khazi, usual offices, restroom, teahouse [dated, slang], tearoom [dated, slang], washroom [also], closet of decency, closet of ease, house of office, necessary place, purging place, vault, withdraught, wardrobe, shitter [vulgar], urination station, bog [vulgar], carsey, crapper [vulgar], karzy, lats, lav, lavvy, loo, thunderbox [also], can, john, johnny [dated], bogger, brasco, dike [also], dunny [also], jacks, jakes
  3. A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
    Sense id: en-privy-en-noun-2OucYo7h Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Buildings Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 6 31 5 15 25 5 Disambiguation of Buildings: 17 2 28 4 31 14 4 Synonyms: big white telephone [slang], bog [UK, slang], can [slang], commode, crapper, crapper trapper [rare], donniker, dunny [Australia, New-Zealand, slang], head [jargon], highway to hell [rare, slang], jacks [Irish, slang], jakes [Irish, slang], john [US, slang], khazi, latrine [jargon], lav [UK, slang], pisser, pooper [slang], porcelain god [slang], porcelain goddess [slang], pot, potty [childish], privy, Quincy [US, obsolete, slang], shitcan, shitpot, shitter, stool, throne [euphemistic], toilet, toot [Australia]
  4. (law) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party. Translations (a partaker): заинтересовано лице (english: zainteresovano lice) [neuter] (Bulgarian), intressitaho (Finnish), érdektárs (Hungarian), torohē (Māori), uczestnik [masculine] (Polish), uczestniczka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-privy-en-noun-DWR~x~kT Categories (other): Law Topics: law Disambiguation of 'a partaker': 1 1 1 98

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "private, exclusive, particular",
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      "sense": "private, exclusive, particular",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "private, exclusive, particular",
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      "sense": "private, exclusive, particular",
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      "sense": "private, exclusive, particular",
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      "sense": "private, exclusive, particular",
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      "sense": "a partaker",
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      "word": "заинтересовано лице"
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      "word": "torohē"
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.