English Explanatory Dictionary

emoticon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.
  2. A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotion; a smiley.
  3. An image or graphic icon used to represent such emotions; an emoji.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈmoʊtəˌkɑn/ /əˈmoʊtəˌkɑn/ /ɪˈməʊtɪˌkɒn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emoticon.wav

Word forms

emoticon emoticons

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn)der. Latin īcōnbor. English icon blend English emoticon Blend of emotion + icon. Unrelated to emoji.

Related words

Emoticons appendix emotag emoji kaomoji

Derived words

assicon emoticonic emoticonized emoticonlike kineticon

Translations

Armenian: սմայլիկ Armenian: զմայլիկ Catalan: emoticona Chinese Mandarin: 表情符號 /表情符号 Danish: emotikon Danish: smiley Dutch: emoticon Esperanto: miensimbolo Finnish: hymiö French: émoticône French: émoticone French: binette French: frimousse Galician: emoticona Georgian: სიცილაკი German: Emoticon Hebrew: רִגְשׁוֹן Hebrew: פַּרְצוּפוֹן Hungarian: emotikon Hungarian: hangulatjel Indonesian: emotikon Irish: straoiseog Italian: faccina Japanese: エモティコン Japanese: 顔文字 Japanese: 絵文字 Kazakh: күлегеш Kazakh: өңтаңба Kazakh: эмотикон Korean: 이모티콘 Korean: 통보문그림기호 Ligurian: facìn Ligurian: morìn Māori: tohukare Persian: شکلک Polish: emotikona Polish: emotikon Polish: emotka Portuguese: emoticon Romanian: emoticon Russian: сма́йлик Russian: эмотико́н Russian: смайл Serbo-Croatian: emotikon Slovene: smeško Slovene: čustvenček Spanish: emoticón Spanish: emoticono Swedish: smilis Swedish: smilgubbe Swedish: smajlis Swedish: emotikon
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