privé
French, adjective
privé is a French adjective meaning “private” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of priver. Without its accent, prive is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Particulier, sans caractère public”.
What does privé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
private
verb
- 1
past participle of priver
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Particulier, sans caractère public. 2. Qui est relatif à un simple particulier ; opposé à public, en parlant d’une chose. 3. Qui concerne la vie privée. 4. Qualifie une autorité particulière, personnelle.
adjective: 1. Dépourvu, dépouillé, manquant, qui n’a pas ou n’a plus.
noun: 1. Lieux d’aisances, toilettes. 2. Appartement particulier. 3. Vie personnelle, intimité. 4. Vie sociale particulière, de simple citoyen, de simple particulier, sans idée d’intimité mais en opposition à la vie publique, politique, officielle.
noun: 1. Personne qui est dépourvue de quelque chose.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of privé
- privée feminine
- privés masculine plural
- privées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to privé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is privé in French?
privé appears 66 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).