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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), of North Germanic origin, from Danish smile (“to smile”), from Old Norse *smīla (“to smile”), from Proto-Germanic *smīlijaną, *smirōną (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyə- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”). Cognate with Swedish smila (“to smile”), Middle High German smielen (“to smile”), Old High German smierōn (“to smile”), Old English smerian (“to laugh at”), Old English smercian, smearcian (“to smile”), Latin miror (“to wonder at”). More at smirk.
smile (plural smiles)
- A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth while showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement or anxiety.
- She's got a perfect smile.
- He has a sinister smile.
- She had a smile on her face.
- He always puts a smile on my face.
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Translations [edit]
a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
- Afrikaans: glimlag (af)
- Albanian: buzëqeshje (sq) f
- Arabic: ابتسامة (ar) (ibtisāma) f, ابتسام (ar) (ibtisām) m, بسمة (ar) (básma) f
- Armenian: ժպիտ (hy) (žpit)
- Asturian: sonrisa (ast) f, sorrisa (ast) f
- Belarusian: ўсмешка (be) (ŭsméška) f
- Breton: mousc'hoarzh (br) m
- Bulgarian: усмивка (bg) (usmívka) f
- Burmese: အပြုံး (my) (ăpyon)
- Catalan: somrís (ca) m, somriure (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 微笑 (cmn) (wēixiào), 笑容 (cmn) (xiàoróng)
- Min Nan: 笑容 (nan) (chhiò-iông), 笑神 (nan) (chhiò-sîn), 笑市 (nan) (chhiò-chhī)
- Czech: úsměv (cs) m
- Danish: smil (da) c
- Dutch: glimlach (nl) m, lach (nl)
- Esperanto: rideto (eo)
- Estonian: naeratus (et)
- Faroese: smíl (fo) n, bros (fo) n
- Finnish: hymy (fi)
- French: sourire (fr) m
- Galician: sorriso (gl) m
- Georgian: ღიმი (ka) (ğimi) , ღიმილი (ka) (ğimili)
- German: Lächeln (de) n
- Greek: χαμόγελο (el) (chamógelo) n
- Guaraní: pukavy (gn)
- Gujarati: સ્મિત (gu) (smita)
- Hebrew: חיוך (he) (khiyúkh) m
- Hindi: मुस्कान (hi) (muskān) f, मुसकुराहट (hi) (muskurāhṭ) f, स्मित (hi) (smit)
- Hungarian: mosoly (hu)
- Icelandic: bros (is) n
- Ido: rideto (io)
- Indonesian: senyum (id), senyuman (id)
- Interlingua: surriso (ia)
- Italian: sorriso (it) m
- Japanese: 微笑み (ja) (ほほえみ, hohoemi), 笑み (ja) (えみ, emi), 笑顔 (ja) (えがお, egao), 微笑 (ja) (びしょう, bishō)
- Khmer: ញញឹម (km) (ñorñeum)
- Korean: 미소 (ko) (miso)
- Kurdish: bişir (ku) f, girrnij (ku) f, bişkurr (ku) f, kenê bêdeng (ku) m
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- Latgalian: smaids
- Latin: risus (la) f
- Latvian: smaids (lv)
- Lithuanian: šypsena (lt)
- Luxembourgish: Laachen (lb) n
- Macedonian: насмевка (mk) (násmevka) f
- Malayalam: പുഞ്ചിരി (ml) (punchiri), ചിരി (ml) (ciri), മന്ദഹാസം (ml) (manthahāsam), മന്ദസ്മിതം (ml) (manthasmitham)
- Maltese: tbissima (mt) f
- Maori: memene (mi)
- Mongolian: инээмсэглэл (mn) (ineemseglel)
- Norwegian: smil (no) n
- Persian: لبخند (fa) (labxand), پوزخند (fa) (puzxand)
- Polish: uśmiech (pl) m
- Portuguese: sorriso (pt) m
- Rajasthani: मुळक (muḷak)
- Romanian: zâmbet (ro) n, surâs (ro)
- Romansch: surrir (rm) m
- Russian: улыбка (ru) (ulýbka) f , (often ironic) усмешка (ru) (usméška)
- Sanskrit: स्मित (sa) (smita), मंदहास (sa) (mandahāsa)
- Scottish Gaelic: fàite-gàire (gd) f, fiamh-ghàire (gd) m, snodha-gàire (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о̏сме̄х (sh) m, о̏смије̄х (sh) m
- Roman: ȍsmēh (sh) m, ȍsmijēh (sh) m
- Slovak: úsmev (sk) m
- Slovene: nasmeh (sl) m
- Spanish: sonrisa (es) f
- Swahili: tabasamu (sw)
- Swedish: leende (sv) n
- Tagalog: ngiti (tl), yuhum (tl) (Ilonggo)
- Telugu: చిరునవ్వు (te) (cirunavvu)
- Thai: ยิ้ม (th) (yím)
- Turkish: gülüş (tr), gülümseme (tr), gülme (tr), tebessüm (tr)
- Ukrainian: посмішка (uk) (posmíška) f
- Urdu: مسکراہٹ (ur) (muskurāhṭ) f
- Vietnamese: cười (vi)
- Volapük: smilil (vo), smilül (vo)
- Welsh: gwên (cy)
- Yiddish: שמייכל (yi) (shmeykhl) m and n, שמאָך (yi) (shmokh) m
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smile (third-person singular simple present smiles, present participle smiling, simple past and past participle smiled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To have (a smile) on one's face
- When you smile, the whole world smiles with you.
- I don't know what he's smiling about.
- She smiles a beautiful smile.
- (transitive) To express by smiling.
- to smile consent, or a welcome
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to have a smile on one's face
- Afrikaans: glimlag (af)
- Albanian: buzëqesh (sq)
- Amharic: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: ابتسم (ar) (ibtásama), (impf) يبتسم (ar) (yabtásimu)
- Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: ժպտալ (hy) (žptal)
- Asturian: sonrir (ast), sorrir (ast)
- Aymara: please add this translation if you can
- Azeri: please add this translation if you can
- Belarusian: ўсміхацца (be) (ŭsmixácca)
- Breton: mousc'hoarzhin (br)
- Bulgarian: усмихвам се (bg) (usmihvam se) pf.
- Catalan: somriure (ca)
- Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
- Chichewa: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 微笑 (cmn) (wēixiào), 笑 (cmn) (xiào)
- Corsican: please add this translation if you can
- Crimean Tatar: külümsemek
- Czech: usmívat se (cs) impf., usmát se (cs) pf.
- Danish: smile (da)
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: glimlachen (nl), smuilen (nl)
- Esperanto: rideti (eo)
- Estonian: naeratama (et)
- Ewe: please add this translation if you can
- Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
- Faroese: smíla (fo), brosa (fo)
- Finnish: hymyillä (fi)
- French: sourire (fr)
- Friulian: please add this translation if you can
- Galician: sorrir (gl)
- German: lächeln (de)
- Greek: χαμογελώ (el) (chamogeló)
- Guaraní: pukavy (gn)
- Gujarati: મલકવું (gu) (malakvũ)
- Hausa: please add this translation if you can
- Hawaiian: minoʻaka
- Hebrew: חייך (he) (khiyékh)
- Hindi: मुस्काना (hi) (muskānā), मुस्कुराना (hi) (muskurānā)
- Hungarian: mosolyog (hu)
- Icelandic: brosa (is)
- Ido: ridetar (io)
- Igbo: please add this translation if you can
- Indonesian: tersenyum (id)
- Interlingua: surrider (ia)
- Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: sorridere (it)
- Japanese: 微笑む (ja) (ほほえむ, hohoemu), 笑う (ja) (わらう, warau)
- Javanese: please add this translation if you can
- Kannada: please add this translation if you can
- Khmer: ញញឹម (km) (ñɔñɨm)
- Kinyarwanda: please add this translation if you can
- Kirundi: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 웃다 (ko) (utda)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: bişirîn (ku), girrnijîn (ku), bişkurrîn (ku), bêdeng kenîn (ku)
- Sorani: زەردەخەنە کردن (ku) (zerdexene kirdin)
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- Lao: ຍິ້ມ (lo) (yím)
- Latin: subrīdeō (la)
- Lithuanian: šypsotis (lt)
- Luganda: please add this translation if you can
- Luxembourgish: lächelen (lb), schmunzen (lb), schmunzelen (lb), schmonzen (lb)
- Macedonian: се насмевнува (mk) (se nasmévnuva)
- Malayalam: ചിരിക്കുക (ml) (chirikkuha), പുഞ്ചിരിക്കുക (ml) (punchirikkuka), മന്ദഹസിക്കുക (ml) (manthahasikkuka), മന്ദസ്മിതം തൂകുക (ml) (manthasmitham thūkuka)
- Marathi: please add this translation if you can
- Mirandese: sunrir
- Nahuatl: paqui (nah)
- Nepali: please add this translation if you can
- Occitan: please add this translation if you can
- Oriya: please add this translation if you can
- Pashto: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: شکفتن (fa) (šekoftan), خندیدن (fa) (xandidan)
- Pipil: paki, paqui
- Polish: uśmiechać się (pl) impf.
- Portuguese: sorrir (pt)
- Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
- Rajasthani: मुळकणौ (muḷakṇau)
- Romanian: zâmbi (ro), surâde (ro)
- Romansch: surrir (rm)
- Russian: улыбаться (ru) (ulybát’sja) impf., улыбнуться (ru) (ulybnút’sja) pf., (ironically) усмехаться (ru) (usmexát’sja) impf., усмехнуться (ru) (usmexnút’sja) pf.
- Sardinian: please add this translation if you can
- Scots: please add this translation if you can
- Scottish Gaelic: dèan gàire (gd), dèan snodha-gàire (gd), dèan fàite-gàire (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: насмешити се (sh), насмијешити се (sh), осмје́хнути се (sh)
- Roman: nasmešiti se (sh), nasmiješiti se (sh), osmjéhnuti se (sh)
- Sicilian: please add this translation if you can
- Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
- Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
- Slovak: usmievať sa (sk) impf., usmiať sa (sk) pf.
- Slovene: nasmehniti se (sl)
- Somali: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: sonreír (es)
- Swahili: tabasamu (sw)
- Swedish: le (sv)
- Tajik: please add this translation if you can
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Thai: ยิ้ม (th) (yím)
- Turkish: gülümsemek (tr), tebessüm etmek (tr)
- Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: посміхатися (uk) (posmixátysja)
- Urdu: مسکانا (ur) (muskānā), مسکرانا (ur) (muskurānā)
- Vietnamese: cười (vi), cười mỉm (vi)
- Volapük: smililön (vo), smilülön (vo)
- Walloon: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: gwenu (cy)
- Wolof: please add this translation if you can
- Xhosa: please add this translation if you can
- ǃXóõ: ǁqʻàẽ
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Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse *smīla (“to smile”), from Proto-Germanic *smīlijaną, *smirōną (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyə- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”).
Pronunciation [edit]
smile (imperative smil, infinitive at smile, present tense smiler, past tense smilede, past participle har smilet)
- to smile
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