Privet

//ˈpɹɪv.ɪt//

Synonyms for "privet" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Intj(2 words)

alright ciao

Strong matches (1)

Intj(1 words)

hello

Related words (3)

Intj(1 words)

hiya

Noun(1 words)

primwort

shrub

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

2 entries

bush shrub

derived

20 entries

Amur River privet Amur privet California privet Cheyenne privet Chinese privet Egyptian privet European privet Japanese privet common privet evergreen privet glossy privet ibolium privet ibota privet mock privet oval-leaved privet pipe privet

Showing 16 of 20 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

prime

is a

2 entries

plant shrub

related to

5 entries

hello hi ligustrum shrub tree

Translations

50 translations across 28 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

ligustër noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
voshtër noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Armenian

2 entries

կիպրոս noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
սրնգենի noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Bulgarian

1 entries

птиче грозде noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Catalan

2 entries

olivereta noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
troana noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

女貞 /女贞 noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Czech

1 entries

ptačí zob noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Dutch

1 entries

liguster noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Finnish

1 entries

likusteri noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

French

1 entries

troène noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Galician

4 entries

alfaneiro noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
fiafeira noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
fiaza noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
filseira noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

German

2 entries

Liguster noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
Rainweide noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Greek

1 entries

λιγούστρο noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Hungarian

1 entries

fagyal noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Irish

1 entries

pribhéad noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Italian

1 entries

ligustro noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Japanese

1 entries

イボタノキ noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Kaitag

1 entries

кьацӏи́кӏне noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Latin

1 entries

ligustrum noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Māori

4 entries

hangehange noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
hengahenga noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
piriweti noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
pāhengahenga noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Polish

1 entries

ligustr noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Portuguese

1 entries

alfeneiro noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Romanian

1 entries

lemn-câinesc noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Romansch

1 entries

liguster noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Russian

1 entries

бирючи́на noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kàlina noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
ligùstrum noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
zȉmolez noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
зи̏молез noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Spanish

3 entries

alheña noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
aligustre noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
ligustro noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Turkish

1 entries

kurtbağrı noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Welsh

2 entries

prifet noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)
yswydd noun (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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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.

Source: wiktionary

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