Phrase guide

body language

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • 2008, P. Brunelli - Uptodate Fashion Academy, 2.03: Body language & imagination, in Emotional Trend: Psyche > Creativity > Beauty to Fashion, In artistic terms, the synthesis between body languages and dressing languages is expressed in dances, since the rhythmic and creative movement of the body reveals emotions and culture.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

communication via the movements or attitudes of the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: visual communication

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gjuha e trupit — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Arabic: لُغَةُ الْجَسَدِ (luḡatu l-jasadi) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Armenian: մարմնի լեզու (marmni lezu) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Belarusian: мо́ва це́ла (móva cjéla) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Bulgarian: ези́к на тя́лото (ezík na tjáloto) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肢體語言 /肢体语言 (zhītǐ yǔyán) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Chinese Mandarin: 身體語言 /身体语言 (shēntǐ yǔyán) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Chinese Mandarin: 身勢語 /身势语 (shēnshìyǔ) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Czech: řeč těla — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Danish: kropssprog — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Dutch: lichaamstaal — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Esperanto: korpesprimo — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Estonian: kehakeel — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Finnish: kehonkieli — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • French: langage du corps — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • French: langage corporel — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Georgian: სხეულის ენა (sxeulis ena) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • German: Körpersprache — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Hebrew: שְֹפַת גּוּף (s'fat guf) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Hindi: शारीरिक भाषा (śārīrik bhāṣā) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Hungarian: testbeszéd — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Indonesian: bahasa tubuh — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Italian: linguaggio del corpo — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Japanese: ボディーランゲージ (bodī rangēji) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Japanese: 身体言語 (shintai gengo) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Japanese: 身振り言語 (miburi gengo) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Kazakh: дене тілі (dene tılı) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Korean: 신체 언어 (sinche eoneo) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Korean: 몸짓 언어 (momjit eoneo) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Korean: 보디 랭귀지 (bodi raenggwiji) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Latvian: ķermeņa valoda — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Lithuanian: kūno kalba — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Macedonian: го́вор на те́лото (góvor na téloto) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Macedonian: гестикула́ција (gestikulácija) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Malay: bahasa tubuh — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kroppsspråk — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kroppsspråk — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Iranian Persian: زَبانِ بَدَن (zabân-e badan) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Iranian Persian: زُبانِ بَدَن (zobân-e badan) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Iranian Persian: اِشاراتِ بَدَن (ešârât-e badan) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Polish: mowa ciala — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Portuguese: linguagem corporal — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Romanian: gesticulație — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Romanian: limbajul trupului — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Russian: язы́к те́ла (jazýk téla) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Serbo-Croatian: говор тела — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Serbo-Croatian: говор тијела — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Serbo-Croatian: govor tela — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Serbo-Croatian: govor tijela — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Slovak: reč tela — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Slovene: govorica telesa — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Spanish: movimientos — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Spanish: expresiones físicas — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Spanish: kinésica — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Spanish: quinésica — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Swedish: kroppsspråk — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Thai: ภาษากาย (paa-sǎa-gaai) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Turkish: vücut dili — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Turkish: beden dili — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Ukrainian: мо́ва ті́ла (móva tíla) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Urdu: بَدَن بولی (badan bolī) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Urdu: باڈی لَین٘گْوِیج (bāḍī laiṅgvīj) — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like
  • Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ cơ thể — nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like