# privilegium
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin privilegium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprɪvɪlɛɡɪjum]

### Noun

privilegium n
* privilege (peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor)
    Synonym: výsada

#### Related terms

* See privátní
* privilegovaný
* privilegovat

### Further reading

* “privilegium”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “privilegium”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “privilegium”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* privilegie

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin privilegium.

### Noun

privilegium n (singular definite privilegiet, plural indefinite privilegier)
* privilege (peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor)

#### Synonyms

* forrettighed
* særrettighed

### Further reading

* “privilegium” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “privilegium” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Latin
### Etymology

From prīvus +‎ lēx +‎ -ium.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /priː.u̯iˈleː.ɡi.um/, [priːu̯ɪˈɫ̪eːɡiʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /pri.viˈle.d͡ʒi.um/, [priviˈlɛːd͡ʒium]

### Noun

prīvilēgium n (genitive prīvilēgiī or prīvilēgī); second declension
* (law) A law or bill concerning a specific individual.
* A privilege, prerogative.

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).
$^1$Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

#### Derived terms

* cum privilegio

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: privilegi
* → Old French: privilege
** → English: privilege
** → French: privilège
* → Gallo: privilèj
* → German: Privileg
* → Italian: privilegio
* → Norwegian Bokmål: privilegium
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: privilegium
* → Polish: przywilej
* → Portuguese: privilégio
* → Romanian: privilegiu
* → Russian: привилегия (privilegija)
* → Sicilian: privileggiu
* → Spanish: privilegio

### References

* “privilegium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “privilegium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* privilegium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “privilegium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “privilegium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin privilegium.

### Noun

privilegium n (definite singular privilegiet, indefinite plural privilegier, definite plural privilegia or privilegiene)
* privilege

### References

* “privilegium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin privilegium.

### Noun

privilegium n (definite singular privilegiet, indefinite plural privilegium, definite plural privilegia)
* privilege

### References

* “privilegium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin privilegium.

### Noun

privilegium n
* privilege

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | privilegium | privilegiums |
| singular | definite | privilegiet | privilegiets |
| plural | indefinite | privilegier | privilegiers |
| plural | definite | privilegierna | privilegiernas |

#### Related terms

* privilegiera

### References

* privilegium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* privilegium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)