privation, n.f., privation, deprivation, want, need, bereavement, loss; hardship. Vivre de —s; to lead a life of privation. Être dans la —; to be in want. La — de la vue; the loss of sight.
privativement (-tiv-mān), adv., exclusively.
privauté, n.f., extreme familiarity, liberty. Prendre des —s; to take liberties.
privé, -e, part., deprived. Corps — de vie; lifeless body. Homme — de sa raison; man deprived of his reason.
privé, -e, adj., private; tame (animal); privy, intimate, free. Vie —e; private life. De son autorité —e; of one’s own authority.
☉privément, adv., familiarly, intimately.
priver, v.a., to deprive, to debar; to bereave; to tame (animal). — quelqu’un de ses biens; to deprive any one of his property. Je ne veux pas vous — de cela; I won’t rob you of that.
se priver, v.r., to deprive, or debar, one’s self; to stint, or deny, one’s self; to abstain (from).
privilège, n.m., privilege, exemption, immunity; grant, favor; (jur.) preference; (thea.) license; franchise, prerogative, right. Accorder un — à; to grant a privilege to; to license (printers). Priver de ses —s; to deprive any one of his privileges; to disfranchise. Atteinte portée aux —s; breach of privilege. Les —s de la noblesse; the privileges of the nobility.
privilégié, -e, adj., privileged, exempt; (thea.) licensed; (jur.) entitled to preference (of creditors); (of shares) preference, preferential. Lieu —; privileged place. C’est un être —; he is a privileged, or favored, being.