elbow room

See also: elbowroom

English

Alternative forms

• elbowroom

Pronunciation

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Noun

elbow room (uncountable)

1. Room (space) in which to move or maneuver.

   Hypernyms: room, space, volume

   Coordinate terms: breathing room, footroom, headroom, legroom, yardroom

   There wasn't that much elbow room in the aircraft.

2. (figurative) Freedom or leeway.

   The employees really don't have much elbow room in which to explore new ideas.

Translations

room or space in which to move or maneuver

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空間 / 空间 (zh) (kōngjiān)

• Danish: albuerum n
• Finnish: kyynärpäätila
• French: place (fr) f, espace (fr) m
• German: Ellbogenfreiheit f
• Hungarian: mozgástér (hu)
• Italian: libertà di manovra
• Japanese: 余地 (ja) (よち, yochi), 余裕 (ja) (よゆう, yoyū)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albuerom n, alburom n

  Nynorsk: olbogerom n

• Polish: przestrzeń (pl) f, miejsce (pl) n
• Russian: ме́сто (ru) n (mésto)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: armbågsrum (sv) n, svängrum n, utrymme (sv) n

freedom or leeway

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自由度 (zh) (zìyóudù), 餘地 / 余地 (zh) (yúdì), 退路 (zh) (tuìlù)

• Danish: albuerum n
• Finnish: tila (fi)
• French: liberté d'action f, marge de manœuvre (fr) f
• German: Bewegungsfreiheit (de) f, Ellbogenfreiheit f, Spielraum (de) m
• Hungarian: mozgástér (hu)
• Italian: libertà di manovra
• Japanese: 余地 (ja) (よち, yochi), 自由裁量 (じゆうさいりょう, jiyūsairyō)
• Korean: elbow room (elbow room)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albuerom n, alburom n

  Nynorsk: olbogerom n

• Polish: swoboda (pl) f
• Russian: просто́р (ru) m (prostór)
• Swedish: svängrum n, spelrum (sv) n

See also

• jostle