privy

Meaning

Adj

1. (historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
2. (archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed.
3. With knowledge of; party to; let in on.

Noun

1. An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
2. A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
3. A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
4. A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.

Synonyms

toilet

🚽

lavatory

bathroom

john

restroom

🚻

lav

latrine

can

washroom

water closet

water-closet

loo

secret

㊙️

outhouse

private

watercloset

secluded

covert

bog

jakes

surreptitious

undercover

sneaking

W.C.

earth-closet

undisclosed

occult

clandestine

cloaca

WC

🚾

pisser

potty

powder room

restricted

rest room

sealed

sensible

sentient

singular

sneak

solitary

special

specific

stool

suppressible

throne

toilette

underground

under-the-counter

unlisted

Translations

Abort

🚽

αποχωρητήριο

Klo

🚽

banheiro

Klosett

🚽

τουαλέτα

bagno

🛀

privaat

Abtritt

baño

🛀

Toilette

🚽

Lokus

🚽

μπάνιο

toilette

🚽

Örtchen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɪvi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pryvy

In summary

From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“I bereave, deprive; I free, release”). Doublet of private.