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From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), of North Germanic origin, from Danish smile (“to smile”), from Old Norse *smīla (“to smile”), from Proto-Germanic *smīlijanan, *smirōnan (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyə- (“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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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: sorrisa (ast) f.
- Belarusian: ўсмешка (be) (ŭsméška) f.
- Breton: mousc'hoarzh m., mousc'hoarzhoù pl.
- 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 (chhiò-iông), 笑神 (chhiò-sîn), 笑市 (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 m.
- Georgian: ღიმი (ka) (ğimi), ღიმილი (ka) (ğimili)
- German: Lächeln (de) n.
- Greek: χαμόγελο (el) (chamógelo) n.
- Guaraní: pukavy
- Gujarati: સ્મિત (gu) (smita)
- Hebrew: חיוך (he) (khiyúkh) m.
- Hindi: मुस्कान (hi) (muskān) f., मुसकुराहट (hi) (muskurāhṭ) f.
- Hungarian: mosoly (hu)
- Icelandic: bros (is) n.
- Ido: rideto (io)
- Indonesian: senyum, senyuman
- Interlingua: surriso
- 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)
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- Korean: 미소 (ko) (miso)
- Kurdish: bişir (ku) f., girrnij (ku) f., bişkurr (ku) f., kenê bêdeng m.
- 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) (chiri), മന്ദഹാസം (ml) (manthahaasam), 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.
- Romanian: zâmbet (ro) n., surâs (ro)
- Russian: улыбка (ru) (ulýbka) f., (often ironic) усмешка (ru) (usméška)
- Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
- Scottish Gaelic: fàite-gàire f., fiamh-ghàire m., snodha-gàire 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, yuhum (Ilonggo)
- Telugu: చిరునవ్వు (chirunavvu)
- Thai: ยิ้ม (th) (yím)
- Turkish: gülüş (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) or (intransitive) To have a smile on one's face
- When you smile, the whole world smiles with you.
- She smiled at me through the window.
- I don't know what he's smiling about.
- She smiles a beautiful smile.
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to have a smile on one's face
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- Italian: sorridere (it)
- Japanese: 微笑む (ja) (ほほえむ, hohoemu), 笑う (ja) (わらう, warau)
- Korean: 웃다 (ko) (utda)
- Kurdish: bişirîn (ku), girrnijîn (ku), bişkurrîn (ku) f., bêdeng kenîn
- Lao: ຍິ້ມ (lo) (yím)
- Latin: subrīdeō (la)
- Lithuanian: šypsotis (lt)
- Luxembourgish: lächelen (lb), schmunzen (lb), schmunzelen (lb), schmonzen (lb)
- Malayalam: ചിരിക്കുക (ml) (chirikkuha), പുഞ്ചിരിക്കുക (ml) (punchirikkuka), മന്ദഹസിക്കുക (ml) (manthahasikkuka), മന്ദസ്മിതം തൂകുക (ml) (manthasmitham thookuka)
- Persian: شکفتن (fa) (šekoftan), خندیدن (fa) (xandidan)
- Polish: uśmiechać się (pl) impf.
- Portuguese: sorrir (pt)
- Romanian: zâmbi (ro), surâde (ro)
- Russian: улыбаться (ru) (ulybát’sja) impf., улыбнуться (ru) (ulybnút’sja) pf., (ironically) усмехаться (ru) (usmexát’sja) impf., усмехнуться (ru) (usmexnút’sja) pf.
- Scottish Gaelic: dèan gàire, dèan snodha-gàire, dèan fàite-gàire
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: насмешити се (sh) / насмијешити се (sh)
- Roman: nasmešiti se (sh) / nasmiješiti se (sh)
- Slovak: usmievať sa (sk) impf., usmiať sa (sk) pf.
- Slovene: nasmehniti se (sl)
- Spanish: sonreír (es)
- Swahili: tabasamu (sw)
- Swedish: le (sv)
- Thai: ยิ้ม (th) (yím)
- Turkish: gülümsemek (tr)
- Ukrainian: посміхатися (uk) (posmixátysja)
- Vietnamese: cười (vi), cười mỉm (vi)
- Volapük: smililön (vo), smilülön (vo)
- Welsh: gwenu
- !Xóõ: ǁqʻàẽ
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