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PRONUNCIATION OF PRIVIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIVIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Privies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIVIES

privatively
privatization
privatization issue
privatize
privatized
privatizer
privet
privet hawk
privet hedge
privier
priviest
privilege
privileged
privily
privities
privity
privocrat
privy
privy chamber
privy council

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIVIES

anchovies
bevies
bevvies
bivvies
cavies
chivies
civies
civvies
Davies
envies
gravies
heavies
ivies
levies
navies
savvies
skivvies
tantivies
the heavies
vies

Synonyms and antonyms of privies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRIVIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «privies» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of privies

Translation of «privies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRIVIES

Find out the translation of privies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of privies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «privies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

旱厕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

letrinas
570 millions of speakers

English

privies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

privies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

privies
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заинтересованным лицам
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

privies
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

privies
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

latrines
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rahsia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

privies
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

便所
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

privies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Privies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

privies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

privies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाजगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

privies
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

privies
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

privies
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зацікавленим особам
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

privies
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποχωρητήρια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Voorregte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dass
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

privies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of privies

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIVIES»

The term «privies» is regularly used and occupies the 102.293 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of privies
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIVIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «privies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «privies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about privies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIVIES»

Discover the use of privies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to privies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Kitchens, Smokehouses, and Privies: Outbuildings and the ...
In this appealing book, featuring nearly a hundred crisp black-and-white photographs, Olmert explains how these well-made buildings actually functioned.
Michael Olmert, 2009
2
Garden Houses and Privies: Authentic Details for Design and ...
In this pattern book of 18th- and 19th-century designs, Harrison has painstakingly documented existing historic structures and translated them into beautiful line drawings, including compelling details such as finials, doors, windows, and ...
Peter Joel Harrison, 2002
3
Privies and Water Closets
This book is an ideal introduction to the history of the toilet, tracing its development from the primitive - and very smelly - privy maiden to today's one-piece, all-ceramic WC. Illustrated with superb photographs, this book tells the ...
David Eveleigh, 2008
4
The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and ...
PRIVIES, from the Fr. privé, i. e. familiaris.] Those who are partakers, or have an interest in any action or thin , or any relation to another; as every heir in tail is privy to recover the land entailed, doc. Old Nat. Br. 1 17. There are five several kinds ...
Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger, 1836
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The Law-dictionary: Explaining the Rise, Progress, and ...
Br. 1 If. There are five several kinds of Privies, viz. Privies of blood, such as the heir to the ancestor; Privies in representation, as executors or administrators, to the deceased; Privies in estate, between donor and donee, lessor and lessee, &c .
Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, 1811
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Reports from Commissioners
Additional Report by W. S. Trench, Esq., M.D., Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool — continued. emanations from the grids at the entrance of courts, which were common during the period of court privies. But privies are also evaporating ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1870
7
Hubbub: Filth, Noise & Stench in England 1600-1770
Waterclosets were not in widespread use during this period, but houses of easement or 'office' (also known as jakes, boghouses or privies) were often positioned in backyards and alleys. Some privies came with holes of various sizes, to cater ...
Emily Cockayne, 2007
8
Code of health ordinances, and rules and sanitary ...
165 Privies, contents of, not to be left in streets or rivers, 65 Privies not to be emptied, except by permit, 84, 88 Privies to be built according to regulation, 85 Privies to be inspected before completion 85 Privies, contents of, not to run into street ...
New York (State). Metropolitan Board of Health, 1866
9
Cape May Point Lighthouse: The Reconstruction of Privies for ...
Studying the typical privy can broaden awareness of lighthouse history, add to our cultural identity, and help us understand the need for improved hygiene.
Margaret A. Cummings, 2007
10
An Institute of the Laws of England: Or, The Laws of England ...
From these Statutes you may observe, That Fines do Bar the Parties, Privies and Strangers. . To Bar, is to take away the Entry or Action of Him that hath. Ri ht. gThe Parties are those that are Namcd in the Original Writ; or' 'llnst-ZH-b- those that ...
Thomas Wood, 1754

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIVIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term privies is used in the context of the following news items.
1
UVa Today: Pavilion Gardens
"Necessary houses" or "privies" were also reconstructed in six of the gardens and now serve as garden sheds. In the East Gardens, where they ... «The Charlottesville Newsplex, Jul 15»
2
AG challenges authority of High Court in West Blue case
He is also praying the court for an Order of Interlocutory Injunction restraining the Respondents or their assigns, agents or privies or any other ... «Citifmonline, Jul 15»
3
Court Refuses To Stop Police From Investigating Ekweremadu, Others
"An order of injunction restraining the defendants by themselves, agents, servants and privies from using the Senate Standing Orders 2015 and ... «The Weather Space, Jul 15»
4
Archaeologists perform survey of Schoenbrunn Village site
Each resident in Schoenbrunn had a 100-foot lot, which included a cabin and other structures, such as woodsheds, smokehouses and privies, ... «New Philadelphia Times Reporter, Jul 15»
5
NASS Crisis: Lawan, Gemade, 5 others sued Saraki, Ekweremadu …
“An order of injunction restraining the defendants by themselves, agents, servants and privies from using the Senate Standing Orders 2015 and ... «NigerianReviews, Jul 15»
6
'Battle of Portaloo' rages on in Matlock Bath
Derbyshire Dales District Council decided in March that crucial structural work was needed at the public privies in the Memorial Gardens, and ... «Matlock Today, Jul 15»
7
Wray: Ave Atque Vale: Remembering Lurlene Todd
the outdoor privies, and the big pot belly stove. One day, Lurlene damaged the stovepipe with a yard stick, smoke engulfed the room, and the ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
8
Church members urge compliance with court ruling on leadership …
“An order of perpetual injunction be and is hereby granted restraining the defendants, their agents, privies, associates or howsoever, from ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
9
UNDER GROUND
There were thirteen houses and four privies shared by the families. The stench of offal hung in the air. The water well was less than fifty meters away from the ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
10
Bristol Renaissance Faire takes families back to 1574
And the most important number, the flushable privies: at least four dozen and in two different convenient locations on the grounds. For more ... «Kankakee Daily Journal, Jul 15»

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