"private life" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: private lives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|private lives}} private life (plural private lives)
  1. The aspects of one's life that are personal, such as family, friends and other personal relationships, as opposed to the elements that make up one's public or professional life. Wikipedia link: private life Translations (aspect of one's life that are personal): 私生活 (sīshēnghuó) (Chinese Mandarin), privatliv [neuter] (Danish), privéleven [neuter] (Dutch), yksityiselämä (Finnish), vie privée [feminine] (French), Privatleben [neuter] (German), חיים פרטיים (khayím pratiyím) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), magánélet (Hungarian), vita privata [feminine] (Italian), privatliv [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), privatliv [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sundorlīf [neuter] (Old English), życie prywatne [neuter] (Polish), życie osobiste [neuter] (Polish), ли́чная жизнь (líčnaja žiznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ча́стная жизнь (částnaja žiznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), vida privada [feminine] (Spanish), privatliv [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-private_life-en-noun-13ND9jQT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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