private

privé, confidentiel

Réservé à une personne ou à un petit groupe, sans être accessible à tous.

En anglais simple : Meant to be seen or known by only one person or a few people.

• That information is private.
• They had a private conversation after lunch.
• Please keep this message private.

Comment l'utiliser : keep something private (Please keep my phone number private.)

Synonymes : confidential, secret

Contraires : public

Expressions courantes : private conversation, private information, keep something private, private message

privé

Qui appartient à une personne ou à une entreprise, ou est fourni par elle plutôt que par l’État.

En anglais simple : Owned or provided by a person or company rather than the government.

• She works for a private company.
• They sent their son to a private school.
• Private hospitals charge patients for treatment.

Synonymes : privately owned, independent

Contraires : public, state-owned

Expressions courantes : private company, private sector, private school, private hospital

personnel, privé

Qui concerne la vie personnelle de quelqu’un, en dehors de son travail ou de ses fonctions publiques.

En anglais simple : Connected with someone’s personal life rather than their work or public duties.

• His private life is quiet.
• She keeps her private affairs separate from work.
• He attended the meeting as a private citizen.

Synonymes : personal

Contraires : public, official

Expressions courantes : private life, private affairs, private citizen, private journal

simple soldat, soldat de deuxième classe

Soldat qui a le grade le plus bas dans l’armée.

En anglais simple : A soldier with the lowest rank in an army.

• He joined the army as a private.
• The sergeant gave orders to the privates.
• She was promoted from private to corporal.

Expressions courantes : army private, young private, private soldier

cours particulier

Cours dans lequel un professeur enseigne à un seul élève.

En anglais simple : A lesson in which a teacher works with just one student.

• I booked a private with my dance teacher.
• She takes two privates a week to improve her ballet.
• How much does a private cost?

Synonymes : private lesson, individual lesson

Expressions courantes : book a private, take a private, weekly private