privy

au courant, dans la confidence

Qui est autorisé à connaître des informations privées ou secrètes.

En anglais simple : Allowed to know private or secret information.

• I was not privy to their plans.
• She is privy to confidential information.
• Were you privy to the discussions about the sale?

Comment l'utiliser : be privy to something (Only a few staff members were privy to the plans.)

Synonymes : informed, in the know

Contraires : unaware, uninformed

Expressions courantes : privy to something, privy to secrets, privy to discussions

latrines, cabinets extérieurs

Toilettes situées hors de la maison, souvent dans une petite construction séparée.

En anglais simple : A toilet outside a house, often in a small separate building.

• The privy stood behind the cottage.
• We followed a muddy path to the wooden privy.
• The old farmhouses had no bathrooms, only outdoor privies.

Synonymes : outhouse, outdoor toilet, latrine

Expressions courantes : outdoor privy, wooden privy, garden privy

toilettes, cabinets

Pièce dans laquelle se trouve une cuvette de toilettes.

En anglais simple : A room containing a toilet.

• The privy was upstairs.
• A narrow door led to the indoor privy.
• The house had two privies but no room for bathing.

Synonymes : toilet, lavatory, toilet room

Expressions courantes : indoor privy, small privy, privy door

cuvette, W.-C.

Installation avec une cuvette ou un siège, utilisée pour uriner ou aller à la selle.

En anglais simple : The bowl or seat that people use when getting rid of waste from their bodies.

• The privy had a wooden seat.
• A cracked porcelain privy stood in the corner.
• They replaced the old privy with a modern toilet.

Synonymes : toilet, lavatory, water closet

Expressions courantes : porcelain privy, privy seat, flush the privy

ayant cause

Personne liée juridiquement aux droits ou intérêts d’une autre, sans avoir participé directement à l’accord ou à l’affaire d’origine.

En anglais simple : Someone legally connected with another person's rights or interests, though not directly involved in the original agreement or case.

• The heir was a privy in estate.
• The judgment bound the parties and their privies.
• A privy may acquire rights through a person who signed the contract.

Comment l'utiliser : a privy to someone (The court treated the heir as a privy to the original owner.)

Expressions courantes : privy in estate, privy in law, party or privy