different between latrine vs privy

English

Etymology

From French latrine (“latrine”), from Latin l?tr?na.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /l??t?i?n/

Noun

latrine (plural latrines)

1. An open trench or pit used for urination and defecation.
2. (India, otherwise military) Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.
3. (obsolete) A chamber pot.

Synonyms

• (open hole used as a toilet): privy
• (other toilet facilities): See Thesaurus:toilet, Thesaurus:bathroom, and Thesaurus:chamber pot

Derived terms

• lats

Translations

Anagrams

• -traline, Latiner, art line, entrail, larnite, line art, ratline, reliant, retinal, trainel, trenail

Dutch

Etymology

From French latrine (“latrine”), from Latin l?tr?na (“bath; toilet”).

Pronunciation

Noun

latrine f (plural latrines, diminutive latrinetje n)

1. a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench; a latrine.

Italian

Noun

latrine f

1. plural of latrina

Anagrams

• alterni

English

Alternative forms

• privie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin pr?v?tus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of pr?v? (“I bereave, deprive; I free, release”). Doublet of private.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??v.i/

Adjective

privy (comparative more privy, superlative most privy)

1. (now chiefly historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own. [from early 13th c.]

2. (now rare, archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed.
3. With knowledge of; party to; let in on. [from late 14th c.]

Derived terms

• privy council

Translations

Noun

privy (plural privies)

1. An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
2. A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
3. A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
   • 1864 January 26, J.G. Lindsay, letter to P.P.L. O'Connel, §8:

     Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and urinaries clean...

4. (law) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.

Synonyms

• (latrine, outhouse, or lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom
• (fixture): See Thesaurus:toilet

Derived terms

• privy house

Translations