privilegium

See also: privilégium

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɪvɪlɛɡɪjum]

Noun

privilegium n

1. privilege (peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor)

   Synonym: výsada

Declension

Declension of privilegium (semisoft neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	privilegium	privilegia
genitive	privilegia	privilegií
dative	privilegiu	privilegiím
accusative	privilegium	privilegia
vocative	privilegium	privilegia
locative	privilegiu	privilegiích
instrumental	privilegiem	privilegii

Related terms

• See privátní

• privilegovaný
• privilegovat

 

Further reading

• privilegium in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• privilegium in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• privilegium in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Alternative forms

• privilegie

Noun

privilegium n (singular definite privilegiet, plural indefinite privilegier)

1. privilege (peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor)

Declension

Declension of privilegium

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	privilegium	privilegiet	privilegier	privilegierne
genitive	privilegiums	privilegiets	privilegiers	privilegiernes

Synonyms

• forrettighed
• særrettighed

Further reading

• “privilegium” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “privilegium” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Latin

Etymology

From prīvus +‎ lēx +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /priː.u̯iˈleː.ɡi.um/, [priːu̯ɪˈɫ̪eːɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pri.viˈle.d͡ʒi.um/, [priviˈlɛːd͡ʒium]

Noun

prīvilēgium n (genitive prīvilēgiī or prīvilēgī); second declension

1. (law) A law or bill concerning a specific individual.
2. A privilege, prerogative.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prīvilēgium	prīvilēgia
Genitive	prīvilēgiī prīvilēgī1	prīvilēgiōrum
Dative	prīvilēgiō	prīvilēgiīs
Accusative	prīvilēgium	prīvilēgia
Ablative	prīvilēgiō	prīvilēgiīs
Vocative	prīvilēgium	prīvilēgia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• cum privilegio

 

Descendants

• Catalan: privilegi
• Old French: privilege
  • → English: privilege
  • French: privilège
• Gallo: privilèj
• → German: Privileg
• Italian: privilegio
• → Norwegian Bokmål: privilegium
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: privilegium
• → Polish: przywilej
• Portuguese: privilégio
• Romanian: privilegiu
• → Russian: привилегия (privilegija)
• Sicilian: privileggiu
• Spanish: privilegio

References

• “privilegium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “privilegium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• privilegium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “privilegium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “privilegium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin privilegium.

Noun

privilegium n (definite singular privilegiet, indefinite plural privilegier, definite plural privilegia or privilegiene)

1. privilege

References

• “privilegium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin privilegium.

Noun

privilegium n (definite singular privilegiet, indefinite plural privilegium, definite plural privilegia)

1. privilege

References

• “privilegium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin privilegium.

Noun

privilegium n

1. privilege

Declension

Declension of privilegium
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	privilegium	privilegiet	privilegier	privilegierna
Genitive	privilegiums	privilegiets	privilegiers	privilegiernas

Related terms

• privilegiera

References

• privilegium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• privilegium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)