privileged

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɪv(ɪ)lɪdʒd/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• 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

• negatively privileged
• privileged debt
• privileged sanctuary
• 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
• 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)
• 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)

Anagrams

• priviledge