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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

사생활

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sasaenghwal

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Privacy/ˈprɪv.ə.si/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 자신의 사생활이 침해받는 것을 싫어한다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people.

    "She read the letter in the privacy of her own room."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'privatus', meaning 'set apart' or 'belonging to an individual', stemming from 'privare' (to deprive or release). During the late Middle English period, it evolved into 'privatcê', shifting in the 15th to 17th centuries to denote the state of being free from public attention or unauthorized intrusion.

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