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The condition or action of looking at another human or animal in the eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- to make eye contact with someone
- If you make the animal angry, walk slowly backwards and avoid making eye contact.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a teacher should make eye contact with the students
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contact
a meeting of the eyes between two people that expresses meaningful nonverbal communication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it was a mere glance, but the eye contact was enough to tell her that he was desperate to leave
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual communication
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
oogkontak
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Arabic:
اِتِّصَالٌ بَصَرِيّ
(ittiṣālun baṣariyy)
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Catalan:
contacte visual
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Chinese Mandarin:
目光接觸 /目光接触
(mùguāng jiēchù)
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Chinese Mandarin:
眼神接觸 /眼神接触
(yǎnshén jiēchù)
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Chinese Mandarin:
眼神交流
(yǎnshén jiāoliú)
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Czech:
oční kontakt
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Danish:
øjenkontakt
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Dutch:
oogcontact
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Finnish:
katsekontakti
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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French:
contact visuel
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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German:
Blickkontakt
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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German:
Augenkontakt
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Hebrew:
קשר עין
(késher áyin)
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Italian:
contatto visivo
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Japanese:
アイコンタクト
(ai kontakuto)
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Korean:
눈맞춤
(nunmatchum)
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Korean:
아이 콘택트
(ai kontaekteu)
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Norwegian Bokmål:
øyekontakt
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
augekontakt
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
augnekontakt
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Polish:
kontakt wzrokowy
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Portuguese:
contato visual
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Russian:
зри́тельный конта́кт
(zrítelʹnyj kontákt)
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Spanish:
contacto visual
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Swedish:
ögonkontakt
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Vietnamese:
giao tiếp bằng mắt
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
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Welsh:
cyswllt llygad
— action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
