English Explanatory Dictionary

body language

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like; often thought to be involuntary.
  2. Deliberate, usually culturally influenced, nonverbal communication using the body through facial expressions, gestures, dance, mime, etc.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

body language body languages

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 肢體語言 /肢体语言 Chinese Mandarin: 身體語言 /身体语言 Chinese Mandarin: 身勢語 /身势语 Danish: kropssprog Dutch: lichaamstaal Esperanto: korpesprimo Estonian: kehakeel Finnish: kehonkieli French: langage du corps French: langage corporel German: Körpersprache Hungarian: testbeszéd Indonesian: bahasa tubuh Italian: linguaggio del corpo Japanese: ボディーランゲージ Japanese: 身体言語 Kazakh: дене тілі Korean: 몸짓 언어 Korean: 보디랭귀지 Macedonian: го́вор на те́лото Macedonian: гестикула́ција Norwegian Bokmål: kroppsspråk Norwegian Nynorsk: kroppsspråk Polish: mowa ciala Portuguese: linguagem corporal Romanian: gesticulație Russian: язы́к те́ла Russian: язы́к же́стов Russian: жестикуля́ция Spanish: movimientos Spanish: expresiones físicas Spanish: kinésica Spanish: quinésica Swedish: kroppsspråk Thai: ภาษากาย Turkish: vücut dili Turkish: beden dili Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ cơ thể
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