privilege

== English == === Alternative forms === priviledg, priviledge (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English privilege, from Anglo-Norman privilege and Old French privilege, from Latin prīvilēgium (“ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual”), from prīvus (“private”) + lēx, lēg- (“law”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɪv.ɪ.lɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpɹɪv.ə.lɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpɹɪv.lɪd͡ʒ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɪv.ə.lɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpɹɪv.lɪd͡ʒ/ Hyphenation: priv‧i‧lege, privi‧lege === Noun === privilege (countable and uncountable, plural privileges) (ecclesiastical law, now chiefly historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope. [from 8th c.] (countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment. [from 10th c.] Synonyms: franchise, immunity, prerogative, right, (Scotland, Northern England) charter, freelage An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something). [from 14th c.] (uncountable) The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society. [from 14th c.] Synonyms: advantage, foredeal 2013, The Guardian, 21 Oct, (headline): South Africa's 'miracle transition' has not put an end to white privilege. A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members. [from 16th c.] Synonym: immunity 2001, The Guardian, leader, 1 May: Dr Grigori Loutchansky is – according to a congressman speaking under congressional privilege – a "purported Russian mob figure". (countable, US, finance, now rare) A stock market option. [from 19th c.] Synonym: stock option (law) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court. (computing) An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users. Synonym: permission ==== Synonyms ==== claim, liberty ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === privilege (third-person singular simple present privileges, present participle privileging, simple past and past participle privileged) (archaic, transitive) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize (archaic) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver. (transitive) To prioritize. ==== Related terms ==== allege ==== Translations ==== === References === “privilege”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. privilege in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “privilege”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch privilegie, from Old French privilege, from Latin privilegium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌpri.viˈleː.ʒə/ Hyphenation: pri‧vi‧le‧ge === Noun === privilege n (plural privileges, no diminutive) privilege, prerogative (particular right or favour) Synonym: voorrecht ==== Derived terms ==== == Old French == === Noun === privilege oblique singular, m (oblique plural privileges, nominative singular privileges, nominative plural privilege) privilege (benefit only given to certain people) ==== Descendants ==== → English: privilege → Middle Dutch: privilegie Dutch: privilege Middle French: privilege French: privilège === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “privilege”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.