privacy

English

Etymology

From private + -cy.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: prĭ'və-sē, IPA(key): /ˈpɹɪv.ə.si/
  • (US) enPR: prī'və-sē, IPA(key): /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/

Noun

privacy (countable and uncountable, plural privacies)

  1. The state of being private; the state of not being seen by others.
    I need my privacy, so please stay out of my room.
    • 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterII:
      Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, []. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English privacy.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pri‧va‧cy

Noun

privacy f (uncountable)

  1. privacy

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English privacy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpraivasi/

Noun

privacy f (invariable)

  1. privacy (especially online)
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