Privates — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

external sex organ

an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹˈaɪvəts/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹˈaɪvəts/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹˈaɪvəts/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹˈaɪvəts/.

Examples

our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

buck private genitals genital organ crotch private genitalia common soldier private parts

Parts of Speech

noun	external sex organ
noun	an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines “our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Privatpersonen

äußeres Geschlechtsorgan

🇫🇷French

privés

organe sexuel externe

🇪🇸Spanish

partes pudendas

órgano sexual externo

🇮🇹Italian

privati

organo sessuale esterno

🇳🇱Dutch

privé

uitwendig geslachtsorgaan

🇵🇹Portuguese

privados

órgão sexual externo

🇷🇺Russian

рядовые

внешний половой орган

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मैथुनिक अंग

बाह्य यौन अंग

🇧🇩Bengali

ব্যক্তিগত

বাহ্যিক যৌন অঙ্গ

🇮🇳Tamil

தனியார்கள்

வெளிப்புற பாலின உறுப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రైవేట్స్

బాహ్య లైంగిక అవయవం

🇮🇳Marathi

खाजगी

बाह्य लैंगिक अवयव

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખાનગી

બાહ્ય જાતીય અંગ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಖಾಸಗಿಗಳು

ಬಾಹ್ಯ ಲೈಂಗಿಕ ಅಂಗ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്വകാര്യങ്ങൾ

ബാഹ്യ ലൈംഗികാവയവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪ੍ਰਾਈਵੇਟ

ਬਾਹਰੀ ਸੈਕਸ ਅੰਗ

🇵🇰Urdu

نجی

بیرونی جنسی عضو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

私人

外性器官

🇯🇵Japanese

プライベート

外部性器

🇰🇷Korean

음부

외부 성기

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chuyện riêng tư

cơ quan sinh dục ngoài

🇹🇭Thai

เอกชน

อวัยวะเพศภายนอก

🇮🇩Indonesian

kemaluan

organ seks luar

🇵🇭Filipino

pribado

panlabas na organ ng kasarian

🇲🇾Malay

peribadi

organ seks luar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أفراد

العضو الجنسي الخارجي

🇮🇷Persian

خصوصی

اندام جنسی خارجی

🇹🇷Turkish

özel kişiler

dış seks organı

🇮🇱Hebrew

פרטיים

איבר מין חיצוני

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The primary meaning of 'privates' is 'external sex organ'.

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