"personal space" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-personal space.ogg Forms: personal spaces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} personal space (countable and uncountable, plural personal spaces)
  1. The physical space closely surrounding a person, which can lead to discomfort, anger or anxiety if encroached on. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (physical space closely surrounding a person): 私人空間 (Chinese Mandarin), 私人空间 (sīrén kōngjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), henkilökohtainen tila (Finnish), henkilökohtainen alue (Finnish), espace vital [masculine] (French), パーソナルスペース (pāsonaru supēsu) (Japanese), przestrzeń osobista [feminine] (Polish), espaço pessoal [masculine] (Portuguese), личное простра́нство (ličnoje prostránstvo) (Russian), диста́нция (distáncija) (note: somewhat) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-personal_space-en-noun-1z2kZUV1 Disambiguation of 'physical space closely surrounding a person': 73 27
  2. An area which can be regarded as belonging to a person privately, in which to place belongings etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology, Sociology Translations (area regarded as belonging to a person): 私人空間 (Chinese Mandarin), 私人空间 (sīrén kōngjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), henkilökohtainen tila (Finnish), henkilökohtainen alue (Finnish), przestrzeń osobista [feminine] (Polish), личное простра́нство (ličnoje prostránstvo) (Russian), дом (dom) [masculine] (Russian), жили́ще (žilíšče) [neuter] (Russian), оча́г (očág) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-personal_space-en-noun-7IkMWAnX Disambiguation of Psychology: 17 83 Disambiguation of Sociology: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of 'area regarded as belonging to a person': 30 70

Inflected forms

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