privacy

English Online Dictionary. What means privacy‎? What does privacy mean?

English

Etymology

From private +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: prĭ'və-sē, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɪv.ə.si/, /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/
• (General American) enPR: prī'və-sē, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/

Noun

privacy (countable and uncountable, plural privacies)

1. (uncountable) The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
2. (uncountable) Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life.

3. (uncountable) Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.

4. (countable, obsolete) A place of seclusion.
5. (obsolete, law) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.

   Synonym: privity

6. (obsolete) Secrecy.
7. (countable, obsolete) A private matter.

   Synonym: secret

Derived terms

Related terms

• private

Translations

See also

• mind one's own business

References

• “privacy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “privacy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English privacy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpraːi̯.vəˌsi/, /ˈprɑi̯.vəˌsi/
• Hyphenation: pri‧va‧cy

Noun

privacy f (uncountable)

1. privacy

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English privacy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpraj.va.si/, (careful style) /ˈpri.va.si/
• Rhymes: -ajvasi, (careful style) -ivasi

Noun

privacy f (invariable)

1. privacy (especially online)

References