Privacy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

the condition of being concealed or hidden

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹˈaɪvəsi/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹˈɪvəsi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹˈɪvəsi/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹˈaɪvəsi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

seclusion privateness concealment secrecy

Word Forms

private	adjective	concerning things deeply private and personal
conceal	verb	prevent from being seen or discovered

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Privatsphäre

die Qualität, von der Anwesenheit oder Sicht anderer abgeschieden zu sein

🇫🇷French

confidentialité

la qualité d'être isolé de la présence ou de la vue des autres

🇪🇸Spanish

privacidad

la cualidad de estar aislado de la presencia o vista de los demás

🇵🇹Portuguese

privacidade

a qualidade de estar isolado da presença ou visão de outras pessoas

🇷🇺Russian

конфиденциальность

качество изолированности от присутствия или взглядов других

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गोपनीयता

दूसरों की उपस्थिति या नज़र से अलग रहने का गुण

🇧🇩Bengali

গোপনীয়তা

অন্যদের উপস্থিতি বা দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি থেকে বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়ার গুণ

🇮🇳Tamil

தனியுரிமை

மற்றவர்களின் இருப்பு அல்லது பார்வையில் இருந்து ஒதுங்கியிருக்கும் தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

గోప్యత

ఇతరుల ఉనికి లేదా వీక్షణ నుండి ఏకాంతంగా ఉండే నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

गोपनीयता

इतरांच्या उपस्थितीपासून किंवा दृश्यापासून अलिप्त राहण्याची गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગોપનીયતા

અન્યની હાજરી અથવા દૃષ્ટિકોણથી અલગ રહેવાની ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗೌಪ್ಯತೆ

ಇತರರ ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಅಥವಾ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಕೋನದಿಂದ ಏಕಾಂತವಾಗಿರುವ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്വകാര്യത

മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെ സാന്നിധ്യത്തിൽ നിന്നോ കാഴ്ചപ്പാടിൽ നിന്നോ ഒറ്റപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നതിൻ്റെ ഗുണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੋਪਨੀਯਤਾ

ਦੂਜਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਮੌਜੂਦਗੀ ਜਾਂ ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀਕੋਣ ਤੋਂ ਅਲੱਗ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

رازداری

دوسروں کی موجودگی یا نظریہ سے الگ تھلگ رہنے کا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

隐私

远离他人的存在或视线的品质

🇯🇵Japanese

プライバシー

他人の存在や視線から隔離される性質

🇰🇷Korean

은둔

다른 사람의 존재나 시야로부터 격리되는 특성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự riêng tư

chất lượng của việc tách biệt khỏi sự hiện diện hoặc tầm nhìn của người khác

🇹🇭Thai

ความเป็นส่วนตัว

คุณภาพของการถูกแยกออกจากการแสดงตนหรือมุมมองของผู้อื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

pribadi

kualitas terasing dari kehadiran atau pandangan orang lain

🇲🇾Malay

privasi

kualiti diasingkan daripada kehadiran atau pandangan orang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خصوصية

جودة الانعزال عن حضور الآخرين أو رؤيتهم

🇮🇷Persian

حریم خصوصی

کیفیت منزوی بودن از حضور یا دید دیگران

🇹🇷Turkish

mahremiyet

başkalarının varlığından veya görüşünden uzak kalmanın kalitesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

פְּרָטִיוּת

האיכות של התבודדות מנוכחותם או מבטם של אחרים

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The primary meaning of 'privacy' is 'the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others'.

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Using 'privacy' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'privacy' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'privacy' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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