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privation noun {f}

  /pʁi.va.sjɔ̃/
  • Perte, absence, manque d’un bien ou d’un avantage qu’on avait, ou qu’on devait ou qu’on pouvait avoir
  • Action de se priver volontairement, de s’abstenir de quelque chose dont on pourrait jouir
 deprivation
  • (Au pluriel) Manque de beaucoup de choses nécessaires à la vie
 privation
contrôleuse générale des lieux de privation de liberté
controller-general for places of deprivation of liberty

🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

privation noun

  /pɹaɪˈveɪʃən/ , /pɹɪˈveɪʃən/
  • (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
 privation

private noun

  /ˈpɹaɪ.vət/ , /ˈpɹaɪ.vɪt/
  • A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
 soldat, simple soldat

private adjective

  /ˈpɹaɪ.vət/ , /ˈpɹaɪ.vɪt/
  • Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.
 privé, personnel, personnelle
  • Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible.
 privé, privée

privatization noun

  • The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.
 privatisation

privateer noun

  /ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtɪə/ , /ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtɪɚ/
  • (historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo. [from 17th c.]
  • (historical) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship; a government-sanctioned pirate. [from 17th c.]
 corsaire

privatize verb

  /ˈpɹaɪvətaɪz/
  • (economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.
 privatiser

privately

en privé

privates

parties génitales

privatism

privatisme

privatizer noun

  • One who, or that which, privatizes.
 privatiseur, privatiseuse
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