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privé — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brothel noun A house where people pay for sex with prostitutes.
  • closed adj Not open to entry, use, or trade.
  • private adj Belonging to a particular person or group, rather than the public or the state.
  • privy adj Having private or secret knowledge of something, especially information not shared with everyone.

Senses

privé is used for these senses in English:

  • brothel A house of prostitution.
  • closed Not public.
  • private Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.
  • private Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible.
  • private detective Person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available
  • privy (now, _, chiefly, _, historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own. [from early 13th c.]

closed — full definition

  1. adj Not open to entry, use, or trade.
  2. adj Not receptive to new ideas, people, or information.
  3. adj Restricted to a specific group rather than open to everyone.

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