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privé

private

adjective pree-VEH Less Common

Origin: Latin privatus, from privare (to deprive)

Also means

deprived of

Usage Note

privé contrasts with public: secteur privé ('private sector'), vie privée ('private life'). It can also follow être privé de meaning 'to be deprived of something'. The feminine form is privée.

Examples

"C'est une propriété privée."

Natural Translation

This is private property.

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