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Meaning of privet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈpɹɪv.ɪt

Definitions

  1. a clap of thunder
  2. Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
    countable, uncountable
  3. thunder
  4. first-person singular present indicative of tronar

Equivalents

العربية الحناء
Bosanski kalina ligustrum papa zimolez калина
Català olivereta troana
Cymraeg yswydd
Deutsch Liguster Rainweide
Ελληνικά λιγούστρο
Español alheña aligustre ligustro trueno
Suomi likusteri
Français troène
Galego alfaneiro fiafeira fiaza filseira tilseira
Hrvatski kalina ligustrum papa zimolez калина
Magyar fagyal
Հայերեն Կիպրոս
Italiano ligustro
日本語 イボタノキ
한국어 楨
Kurdî papa
Latina ligustrum
Te Reo Māori papa
Nederlands liguster
Polski ligustr
Português alfeneiro
Русский бирючи́на
Shqip voshtër
Српски kalina ligustrum papa zimolez калина
Türkçe kurtbağrı

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

privet hawk moth Privett Privette Privies priviledg priviledge

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