privileged

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɪv(ɪ)lɪd͡ʒd/

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• Hyphenation: priv‧i‧leged

Verb

privileged

1. simple past and past participle of privilege

Adjective

privileged (comparative more privileged, superlative most privileged)

1. Having special privileges.
   • 1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water:

     "You are very dull this morning, Sheriff," said the youngest daughter of the house, who, being the baby and pretty, had grown pettishly privileged in speech.

2. (law) Not subject to legal discovery due to a protected status.

Derived terms

• hyperprivileged
• immunoprivileged
• negatively privileged
• nonprivileged
• overprivileged
• privileged debt
• privileged sanctuary
• superprivileged
• underprivileged
• unprivileged
• white privileged

Translations

having special privileges

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: прывілеява́ны (pryviljejavány), ільго́тны (ilʹhótny) Burmese: အခွင့်ထူးခံ (my) (a.hkwang.htu:hkam) Catalan: privilegiat (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 高貴 / 高贵 (zh) (gāoguì), 特權的 / 特权的 (zh) (tèquán de) Cornish: gorbryvylejek Danish: privilegeret Dutch: bevoorrecht (nl) Esperanto: favorata Finnish: etuoikeutettu (fi) French: privilégié (fr) Galician: privilexiado German: privilegiert (de) Hungarian: kiváltságos (hu) Japanese: 特権を持つ (とっけんをもつ, tokken o motsu), 特権的な (とっけんてきな, tokkenteki na) Norwegian: Bokmål: privilegert (no) Occitan: privilegiat (oc) Polish: uprzywilejowany (pl), elitarny (pl), wyróżniony Portuguese: privilegiado (pt) Russian: привилегиро́ванный (ru) (privilegiróvannyj), льго́тный (ru) (lʹgótnyj) Spanish: privilegiado (es) Swedish: privilegierad (sv) Ukrainian: привілейо́ваний (pryvilejóvanyj), пі́льговий (pílʹhovyj), вільго́тний (vilʹhótnyj)

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