| Principales traductions |
WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2026:
| private adj | (not public) (opposé à public) | privé adj |
| | They flew to America on a private jet. |
| | Ils s'envolèrent pour l'Amérique du Sud dans un avion privé. |
| private adj | (personal) (intime, personnel) | privé adj |
| | Don't ask him any questions about his private life. |
| | Ne lui posez aucune question sur sa vie privée. |
| private adj | (secret) | secret adj |
| | Please keep this private, but I am dating somebody new. |
| | S'il te plaît, garde cela secret, mais je sors avec quelqu'un d'autre. |
| private adj | (confidential) (confidentiel) | privé adj |
| | They stepped away from the others for a moment of private conversation. |
| | Ils s'éloignèrent un moment pour avoir une conversation privée. |
| Formes composées |
WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2026:
| in private adv | (not publicly) | en privé loc adv |
| | He asked to speak to me in private. |
| own brand n | UK (private label: for a specific retailer) | marque de distributeur nf |
| own-brand n as adj | UK (private label: of a specific retailer) | de marque de distributeur loc adj |
| PI n | initialism (private investigator) (détective) | privé, privée nm, nf |
| | Stella hired a PI to find out who her husband was going out to meet every night. |
| private bill n | (law proposed by individual) | projet de loi d'intérêt privé nm |
| private carrier n | (business: transports own goods) | transporteur privé nm |
private detective,
private investigator n | (privately-hired investigator) | détective privé, détective privée nm, nf |
| | She hired a private detective to see if her husband was cheating. |
| | Elle a engagé un détective privé pour voir si son mari la trompait. |
| private dick n | dated, informal, US (detective) | détective privé, détective privée nm, nf |
| | She got a private dick to investigate her husband. |
| | Elle a embauché un détective privé pour suivre son mari. |
| private enterprise n | (economic doctrine) | entreprise privée nf |
| | | secteur privé nm |
| private eye n | informal (privately-hired detective) | détective privé,
détective privée nm, nf |
| | | privé, privée nm, nf |
| | Thompson hired a private eye to find out if his wife was having an affair. |
| private first class n | US (US army rank) (Militaire : grade) | première classe nf |
| private first class n | US (soldier with this rank) (Militaire) | soldat de première classe, première classe nm |
| private guard n | (personal security) | garde privé, garde privée nm, nf |
| private hearing n | (closed audience) | audience à huis clos nf |
| private housing estate n | (privately owned group of homes) | logements privés nmpl |
| | | lotissement privé nm |
| | | complexe résidentiel nm |
| private label n | (store's own brand) | marque de distributeur nf |
| private lessons npl | (paid individual tuition) | cours particuliers nmpl |
| | I have private lessons with Miss Pickett. |
| private means npl | (personal wealth) | ressources financières nfpl |
| private message n | (PM: message not publicly visible) (Internet) | message privé nm |
| private-message [sb]⇒ vtr | informal (Internet: send [sb] a private message) | envoyer un message privé à [qqn] loc v |
| | | contacter [qqn] en privé loc v |
| private nuisance n | (law: interfere with rights) | nuisance privée nf |
private parts,
privates npl | (genitalia) (familier : testicules) | parties nf |
| | | sexe nm |
| | (soutenu) | parties intimes nfpl |
| | (pour un garçon : enfantin) | zizi, zézette nm |
| | (pour une fille : enfantin) | nénette, zézette |
| private person n | ([sb] who values their privacy) | réservé adj |
| | Fred doesn't share many details of his life with his co-workers; he is a private person. |
| private person n | (law: not a public figure) (Droit) | personne privée nf |
| | The right of a private person to make an arrest is called “Citizen's Arrest.” |
| private plane n | (aircraft owned or hired privately) | avion privé nm |
| private point of view n | (personal opinion) | point de vue personnel nm |
| private practice n | (profession: independent) | travailler à son compte loc v |
| | (médecin,...) | travailler en libéral loc v |
| | My doctor no longer works at that big clinic; he has gone into private practice. |
| | Mon médecin ne travaille plus dans cette clinique : il travaille maintenant en libéral. |
| private practice n | (freelance work) | cabinet privé nm |
| | | secteur privé nm |
| | | travail en indépendant nm |
| | If you become a Certified Public Accountant, you can do private practice. |
| | Si tu deviens expert-comptable, tu pourras avoir un cabinet privé. |
| private prosecution n | (law: by individual) | poursuite privée nf |
| private school n | (privately-run school) | école privée nf |
| | Did you attend public or private school? |
| | Est-ce que tu es allée à l'école publique ou à l'école privée ? |
| private secretary | (individual secretary) | secrétaire particulier, secrétaire particulière nm, nf |
| private sector | (economics) | secteur privé nm |
| private talk n | (confidential discussion) | entretien privé nm |
| | | discussion en tête à tête nf |
| | | conversation privée nf |
| private tutor n | (teacher for one person) | professeur particulier, professeure particulière nm, nf |
| | (vieilli) | précepteur, préceptrice nm, nf |
| | The family hired a private tutor for their son. |
| | La famille a engagé un professeur particulier pour leur fils. |
semiprivate,
semi-private adj | (partly private) | semi-privé, semi-privée adj |