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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 ligustrum papa
Català olivereta troana
Cymraeg yswydd
Ελληνικά λιγούστρο
Español alheña aligustre ligustro trueno
Suomi likusteri
Français troène
Hrvatski ligustrum papa
Magyar fagyal
Հայերեն Կիպրոս
Italiano ligustro
日本語 イボタノキ
Kurdî papa
Latina ligustrum
Te Reo Māori papa
Nederlands liguster
Polski ligustr
Português alfeneiro
Русский бирючи́на
Shqip voshtër
Српски ligustrum papa
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

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