Privet

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪvɪt

Unknown origin, but possibly connected to prime.

Full definition of privet

Noun

1. Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
• 1954, Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur Chapter 1, 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.

Derived terms

• Egyptian privet
• evergreen privet
• mock privet

From Russian приве́т ("hello, hi")

Interjection

1. (Russia) hello, hi