adj.

1. Made a participant in knowledge of something private or secret: was privy to classified information.
2. Belonging or proper to a person, such as the British sovereign, in a private rather than official capacity.
3. Secret; concealed.

n., pl. -ies.

1. 1. An outdoor toilet; an outhouse.
   2. A toilet.
2. Law. One of the parties having an interest in the same matter.

[Middle English prive, from Old French, from Latin prīvātus, private, from prīvus, single, alone.]

adjective

Belonging or confined to a particular person or group as opposed to the public or the government: personal, private. See specific/general.

adj

Definition: aware
Antonyms: unaware, unknowing

adj

Definition: secret
Antonyms: known, public, revealed

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An outhouse which serves as a toilet.

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[MC]

A lavatory or earth closet in a shed or enclosure detached from the main dwelling, often situated at the end of the garden. Such facilities may have seating for up to four people at a time.

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One who has a direct, successive relationship to another individual; a coparticipant; one who has an interest in a matter; private.

Privy refers to a person in privity with another — that is, someone involved in a particular transaction that results in a union, connection, or direct relationship with another. Privies in blood are the heirs of an ancestor. Privies in estate are people who succeed or receive an assignment of property, such as a grantor and a grantee, lessor and lessee, or assignor and assignee.

IN BRIEF: Sharing with another or others in the knowledge of a secret.

Even though they were not official members, they were privy to many of the secrets of the club.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hemmelig
n. - kloset, medvider

idioms:

• be privy to    være indviet i
• privy council    gehejmeråd

Nederlands (Dutch)
toilet, plee, ingewijde, betrokkene, ingewijd, op de hoogte (van een geheim), privé

Français (French)
adj. - au courant de
n. - cabinet (d'aisances) (arch)

idioms:

• be privy to    avoir le privilège de
• Privy Council    (GB) Conseil Privé (du roi ou de la reine)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - eingeweiht
n. - Beteiligter, Abtritt

idioms:

• be privy to    eingeweiht sein
• Privy Council    Staatsrat

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κοινωνός, γνώστης
n. - (εξωτερικό) αποχωρητήριο

idioms:

• be privy to    είμαι κοινωνός του
• privy council    ανακτοβούλιο, μυστικοσυμβούλιο

Italiano (Italian)
interessato, al corrente, riservato

idioms:

• be privy to    essere al corrente di
• privy council    consiglio segreto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - reservado, particular, informado
n. - privada (f)

idioms:

• be privy to    estar a par de
• privy council    conselho privado

Русский (Russian)
частный, тайный

idioms:

• be privy to    быть посвященным в, в курсе (тайных) дел
• privy council    тайный совет

Español (Spanish)
adj. - derechohabiente, interesado, cómplice, privado, secreto
n. - excusado, retrete

idioms:

• be privy to    estar al tanto de
• Privy Council    Consejo Privado, comité asesor del rey

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - invigd, (hemligen) medveten om, medintresserad (jur.)
n. - intresserad part (jur.), (ute)dass

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
个人的, 私人的, 私下的, 不公开的, 隐蔽的, 秘密的, 秘密参与的, 知情的, 有利害关系的人, 厕所

idioms:

• be privy to    秘密参与, 私下知情
• privy council    军机处, 枢密院

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 個人的, 私人的, 私下的, 不公開的, 隱蔽的, 秘密的, 秘密參與的, 知情的
n. - 有利害關係的人, 廁所

idioms:

• be privy to    祕密參與, 私下知情
• privy council    軍機處, 樞密院

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 내밀히 관여하는, 비밀히
n. - 이해관계인

idioms:

• be privy to    내밀히 관여하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 内々に知っている, 内情に通じた, 私用の, 秘密の
n. - 当事者, 利害関係者

idioms:

• be privy to    内情に精通している
• privy council    諮問機関, 枢密院

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شخصي, خصوصي, سري, محجوب (الاسم) متهم بالاطلاع على سر ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פרטי, חשאי, שותף לסוד‬
n. - ‮אדם שיש לו חלק בפעולה, עניין או דבר כלשהם, בית-שימוש (מיושן, ארה"ב)‬

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