privatif

adjective

Syllable Decomposition

privatif

Etymology

from the Latin privatus.

Definitions

1. Which marks the absence, the privation of a thing. grammaire: Particule privative.

2. Which grants a faculty, a use, a right to a person, to the exclusion of others. droit: Une disposition privative.

3. Which entails or is characterized by the privation of.: Un établissement privatif de liberté.
Une peine privative de liberté.

See also

priver (v.) privative (adj.) privé (adj.) privatisable (adj.) privation (cn.) privatiser (v.) privatives (adj.) privatifs (adj.) privatisation (cn.)