in private

English

Prepositional phrase

in private

1. Privately, in an area where no one else can see or hear.

   We found a secluded spot where we could make out in private.

   • 1914, Parliamentary Debates, volume 168, New Zealand, page 195:

     I do not think there is any member in this House who will not agree that that is the clean thing to do. Any member sitting on the Government benches will admit in private that that is the proper course for members who break faith.

Synonyms

• in camera

Antonyms

• in public

Translations

privately

• Arabic: بِخَصُوصِيَّة (biḵaṣūṣiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 私下 (zh) (sīxià)

• Danish: under fire øjne
• Dutch: onder vier ogen
• Finnish: yksityisesti (fi)
• French: en privé (fr)
• German: tête-à-tête (de), unter vier Augen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κατ’ ἰδίαν (kat’ idían)

• Hungarian: bizalmasan (hu), négyszemközt (hu), zárt körben
• Italian: in privato, privatamente (it), fra noi, in confidenza (it), inter nos (it), a quattr'occhi (it)
• Japanese: 非公式に (hikōshiki ni)
• Korean: 은밀히 (eunmilhi)
• Latin: prīvātim
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: under fire øyne (no), i enerom

  Nynorsk: under fire auge, i einrom

• Polish: na osobności, sam na sam (pl), w cztery oczy (pl)
• Portuguese: em privado, a sós (pt)
• Russian: наедине́ (ru) (najediné), с гла́зу на глаз (ru) (s glázu na glaz)
• Spanish: en privado
• Swedish: i enrum (sv), mellan fyra ögon