emoticon

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Blend of emotion and icon

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /əˈmoʊtəˌkɑn/ X-SAMPA: /@"moUt@%kAn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪˈməʊtɪˌkɒn/

Noun

emoticon (plural emoticons)

1. A graphical representation, either in the form of an image or made up of ASCII characters, of a particular emotion of the writer.

Synonyms

• smiley

Translations

respresentation of an emotion of the writer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表情符號 (cmn), 表情符号 (cmn) (biǎoqíng fúhào)

• Danish: emotikon (da) n, smiley (da) c
• Esperanto: miensimbolo (eo)
• Finnish: hymiö (fi)
• French: binette (fr) f, frimousse (fr) f
• German: Emoticon (de) n
• Hungarian: emotikon (hu)

• Irish: straoiseog (ga) f
• Japanese: 顔文字 (ja) (かおもじ, kaomoji), 絵文字 (ja) (えもじ, emoji)
• Persian: شکلک (fa) (šeklak)
• Polish: emotikona (pl) f, buźka f, uśmieszek m, emotikon (pl) m
• Romanian: emoticon (ro)
• Russian: смайлик (ru) (smájlik) m , эмотикон (ru) (emotikón) m , смайл (ru) (smajl) m 
• Spanish: emoticón (es) m, emoticono (es) m

Usage notes

In contexts with image-based emoticons, emoticon often refers specifically to image-based glyphs, while smiley refers to text-based ones.

See also

• Emoticons appendix
• emotag

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

emoticon m (invariable)

1. emoticon