Meanings
privet1
nounprivet (countable and uncountable, plural privets)
plural privets
- countableuncountableAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.
1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, in The Subtle Minotaur
privet2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
privet · interjection
- Russianприве́т
- Russianприве́т
- Englishprivet
Borrowed from Russian приве́т (privét, “hello, hi”).
More words from Russian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian птиче грозде
- птиче грозде (ptiče grozde)Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Catalan troana, olivereta
- troanaAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
- oliveretaAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Chinese Mandarin 女貞 /女贞
- 女貞 /女贞 (nǚzhēn)Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Czech ptačí zob
- ptačí zobAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Dutch liguster
- ligusterAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Finnish likusteri
- likusteriAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
French troène
- troèneAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
German Liguster, Rainweide
- LigusterAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
- RainweideAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Greek λιγούστρο
- λιγούστρο (ligoústro)Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Hungarian fagyal
- fagyalAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Irish pribhéad
- pribhéadAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Italian ligustro
- ligustroAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Japanese イボタノキ
- イボタノキ (ibotanoki)Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Latin ligustrum
- ligustrumAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Māori hangehange, hengahenga
- hangehangeAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
- hengahengaAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
- pāpāAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
- pāhengahengaAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
- pāpāhengaAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
- whangewhangeAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
- piriwetiAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Polish ligustr
- ligustrAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Portuguese alfeneiro
- alfeneiroAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Romanian lemn-câinesc
- lemn-câinescAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Russian бирючи́на
- бирючи́на (birjučína)Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Spanish alheña, aligustre
- alheñaAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
- aligustreAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
- ligustroAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Turkish kurtbağrı
- kurtbağrıAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Welsh yswydd, prifet
- yswyddAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
- prifetAny of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with privet
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APA
privet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privet
MLA
“privet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “privet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privet.
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