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privilege
English
Alternative forms
- priviledg, priviledge (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English privilege, from Anglo-Norman privilege and Old French privilege, from Latin pr?vil?gium (“ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual”), from pr?vus (“private”) + l?x, l?g- (“law”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??v(?)l?d?/
- Hyphenation: priv?i?lege, privi?lege
Noun
privilege (countable and uncountable, plural privileges)
- (ecclesiastical law, now chiefly historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope. [from 8th c.]
- (countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment. [from 10th c.]
- Synonyms: franchise, freelage, immunity, prerogative, right
- An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something). [from 14th c.]
- 2012, The Observer, letter, 29 April:
- I had the privilege to sit near him in the House for a small part of his Commons service and there was an additional device provided to aid his participation in debates.
- 2012, The Observer, letter, 29 April:
- (uncountable) The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society. [from 14th c.]
- Synonyms: advantage, foredeal
- c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, Melibeus:
- He is worthy to lesen his priuilege that mysvseth the myght and the power that is yeuen hym.
- 2013, The Guardian, 21 Oct, (headline):
- South Africa's 'miracle transition' has not put an end to white privilege.
- A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members. [from 16th c.]
- Synonym: immunity
- 2001, The Guardian, leader, 1 May:
- Dr Grigori Loutchansky is – according to a congressman speaking under congressional privilege – a "purported Russian mob figure".
- (countable, US, finance, now rare) A stock market option. [from 19th c.]
- (law) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.
- (computing) An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users.
- Synonym: permission
Synonyms
- claim, liberty
Derived terms
- cisprivilege
Translations
Verb
privilege (third-person singular simple present privileges, present participle privileging, simple past and past participle privileged)
- (archaic) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize
- (archaic) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
Related terms
- allege
Translations
References
- privilege at OneLook Dictionary Search
- privilege in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- privilege in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Old French
Noun
privilege m (oblique plural privileges, nominative singular privileges, nominative plural privilege)
- privilege (benefit only given to certain people)
Descendants
- ? English: privilege
- Middle French: privilege
- French: privilège
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (privilege, supplement)
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verd
English
Etymology
See vert, verdant.
Noun
verd (uncountable)
- (obsolete, Britain, law) The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.
- (obsolete, Britain, law) The right of pasturing animals in a forest.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
- (obsolete) greenness; freshness
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)
Anagrams
- RV'ed, RVed, Revd., derv, rev'd
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan vert and its variants (compare Occitan verd), from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem (compare French vert, Spanish verde), from Latin viridis, viridem.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?v??t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?b?rt/
Adjective
verd (feminine verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdes)
- green
Noun
verd m (uncountable)
- green
Derived terms
- bròquil verd
- Cap Verd
- de més verdes en maduren
- oliva verda
- verdura
Related terms
- enverdir
- verger
See also
Estonian
Noun
verd
- partitive singular of veri
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
From Latin viridis.
Adjective
verd m (feminine singular verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdes)
- green
Friulian
Alternative forms
- vert
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.
Adjective
verd
- green
Related terms
- inverdî
- verda?
- verdôr
- verdure
- verge
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- verjed
Etymology
ver +? -d (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?v?rd]
- Hyphenation: verd
Verb
verd
- second-person singular subjunctive present definite of ver
Lombard
Etymology
Akin to Italian verde, from Latin viridis.
Adjective
verd
- green
Middle English
Noun
verd
- Alternative form of vert
Adjective
verd
- Alternative form of vert
Middle French
Alternative forms
- vert
Etymology
From Old French vert, with the d to reflect its Latin etymology, viridis.
Noun
verd m (uncountable)
- green
Adjective
verd m (feminine singular verde, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdes)
- green
Descendants
- French: vert
- Haitian Creole: vèt, vè
- ? Wolof: wert
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ver?ld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.
Noun
verd f or m (definite singular verda or verden, indefinite plural verder, definite plural verdene)
- alternative form of verden
Derived terms
- verdslig
Etymology 2
From Old Norse verðr
Adjective
verd (indeclinable)
- alternative form of verdt
References
- “verd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ver?ld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Akin to English world.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ?r/
Noun
verd f (definite singular verda, indefinite plural verder, definite plural verdene)
- (definite singular form) world (human collective existence)
- (definite singular form) the Earth
- world, planet
Derived terms
- verdshav
- verdsleg
- verdsmeister
- verdsrekord
Etymology 2
From Old Norse verðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??rd/
Adjective
verd (neuter singular verdt, definite singular and plural verde)
- worth (equal in value to)
Derived terms
- mindreverd
References
- “verd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan vert and its variants, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bert/
Adjective
verd m (feminine singular verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdas)
- green
Noun
verd m (uncountable)
- green
Related terms
- verdir
- vergièr
Piedmontese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?rd/
Adjective
verd
- green
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan) veard
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.
Adjective
verd m (feminine singular verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) green
Noun
verd m
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) green
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