expression

English

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Etymology

Borrowing from Middle French expression, from Late Latin expressiō, expressiōnem ‎(“a pressing out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspɹɛʃ.ən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛʃən
• Hyphenation: ex‧pres‧sion

Noun

expression ‎(plural expressions)

1. A particular way of phrasing an idea.
2. A colloquialism or idiom.

   The expression "break a leg!" should not be taken literally.‎

3. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 9, in The China Governess^[1]:

     Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.

   They stared at the newcomer with a puzzled expression.‎

   The best poker players can tell if the opponents have a good hand by looking at their expression.‎

   Her expression changed from joy to misery after realising her winning lottery ticket had expired.‎

4. (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
5. (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
6. (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
7. Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.
8. A specific blend of whisky.

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of "expression"

arithmetic expression immediately-invoked function expression linguistic expression

logical expression regular expression s-expression

Derived terms

Terms derived from expression

• express
• expressible

• expressionism
• expressionless

• expressive
• s-expression

Related terms

• expression pedal

Translations

particular way of phrasing an idea

• Arabic: تَعْبِير m ‎(taʿbīr)
• Armenian: արտահայտություն (hy) ‎(artahaytutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: изразяване (bg) n ‎(izrazjavane)
• Catalan: expressió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表示 (zh) ‎(biǎoshì), 表達 (zh), 表达 (zh) ‎(biǎodá), 用語 (zh), 用语 (zh) ‎(yòngyǔ), 說法 (zh), 说法 (zh) ‎(shuōfǎ)

• Czech: výraz (cs) m, vyjádření (cs) n
• Danish: udtryk n
• Dutch: uitdrukking (nl) f
• Esperanto: esprimo
• Estonian: sõnastus
• Finnish: ilmaisu (fi), ilmaus (fi)
• French: expression (fr) f
• Georgian: გამოთქმა ‎(gamotkma)
• German: Ausdruck (de) m
• Greek: έκφραση (el) f ‎(ékfrasi), διατύπωση (el) f ‎(diatýposi)
• Hebrew: ביטוי m ‎(bituy), הבעה (he) f ‎(hava'a)
• Hungarian: kifejezés (hu)
• Interlingua: expression (ia)

• Italian: espressione (it) f
• Japanese: 表現 (ja) ‎(ひょうげん, hyōgen), 言い回し ‎(いいまわし, iimawashi)
• Korean: 표현 (ko) ‎(pyohyeon)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ده‌رخستن

• Latin: verbum (la)
• Latvian: izteiksme (lv) f
• Maori: kīanga
• Norman: expression f (Jersey)
• Polish: wyrażenie (pl) n, zwrot (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: expressão (pt) f
• Romanian: expresie (ro)
• Russian: выраже́ние (ru) n ‎(vyražénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: abairt f
• Serbo-Croatian: izraz (sh) m, израз m
• Slovene: izraz (sl) m
• Spanish: expresión (es) f
• Swedish: uttryck (sv) n
• Turkish: anlatım (tr), ifade (tr)
• Ukrainian: вислів (uk) m ‎(vysliv)
• Walloon: ratourneure (wa) m

colloquialism or idiom

• Arabic: تَعْبِير m ‎(taʿbīr)
• Armenian: արտահայտություն (hy) ‎(artahaytutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: израз (bg) m ‎(izraz)
• Catalan: expressió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表示 (zh) ‎(biǎoshì), 成語 (zh), 成语 (zh) ‎(chéngyǔ), 說法 (zh), 说法 (zh) ‎(shuōfǎ)

• Danish: udtryk n
• Dutch: uitdrukking (nl) f, spreekwijze f, wijze van spreken f
• Esperanto: esprimilo, idiomaĵo (eo)
• Estonian: ütlus
• Finnish: ilmaisu (fi), ilmaus (fi)
• French: expression (fr) f
• German: Redensart (de) f
• Greek: έκφραση (el) f ‎(ékfrasi)
• Hebrew: ביטוי m ‎(bitui), אמירה (he) f ‎(amira)

• Hungarian: szólás (hu), szóhasználat (hu)
• Interlingua: expression (ia)
• Irish: nath cainte f
• Italian: espressione (it) f
• Japanese: 表現 (ja) ‎(ひょうげん, hyōgen)
• Maori: kīwaha, kupu whatinga
• Norman: expression f (Jersey)
• Polish: wyrażenie (pl) n, zwrot (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: expressão (pt) f
• Russian: выраже́ние (ru) n ‎(vyražénije), оборо́т (ru) m ‎(oborót)
• Scottish Gaelic: abairt f
• Serbo-Croatian: izraz (sh) m, израз m
• Spanish: expresión (es) f
• Swedish: uttryck (sv) n
• Turkish: ifade (tr)
• Ukrainian: вислів (uk) m ‎(vysliv)
• Vietnamese: thành ngữ (vi), từ ngữ (vi)

facial appearance

• Albanian: fytyrë (sq)
• Arabic: سِيمَاء f ‎(sīmāʾ)
• Armenian: արտահայտություն (hy) ‎(artahaytutʿyun)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: изражение (bg) n ‎(izraženie)
• Catalan: expressió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表情 (zh) ‎(biǎoqíng)

• Czech: výraz (cs) m
• Danish: udtryk n
• Dutch: uitdrukking (nl) f, gelaatsuitdrukking (nl) f
• Esperanto: mieno, esprimo
• Estonian: ilme
• Finnish: ilme (fi)
• French: expression (fr) f
• Georgian: გამომეტყველება ‎(gamomeṭq̇veleba), სახის გამომეტყველება ‎(saxis gamomeṭq̇veleba)
• German: Ausdruck (de) m
• Greek: έκφραση (el) f ‎(ékfrasi), ύφος (el) n ‎(ýfos), μορφασμός (el) m ‎(morfasmós)
• Hawaiian: maka
• Hebrew: הבעה (he) f ‎(haba'a)
• Hindi: bhavana ‎(bhavana)
• Hungarian: arckifejezés (hu)
• Icelandic: svipur m, svipbrigði n pl
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua: expression (ia)
• Italian: espressione (it) f

• Japanese: 表情 (ja) ‎(ひょうじょう, hyōjō)
• Korean: 표정 (ko) ‎(pyojeong)
• Latin: vultus m
• Latvian: izteiksme (lv) f
• Lithuanian: išraiška (lt) f
• Maori: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: нүүрний байдал ‎(nüürnij bajdal)
• Norman: expression f (Jersey)
• Norwegian: uttrykk (no) n, mine (no) m
• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: روبہ
• Polish: mina (pl) f, wyraz twarzy m inan
• Portuguese: expressão (pt) f
• Romanian: expresie (ro) f
• Russian: выраже́ние (ru) n ‎(vyražénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: izraz (sh) m, израз m
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: izraz (sl) m
• Spanish: expresión (es) f, aspecto (es) m
• Swedish: uttryck (sv) n, ansiktsuttryck (sv) n, min (sv) c
• Thai: สีหน้า (th) ‎(sĕe nâa), รูปร่าง (th) ‎(rôop râang)
• Turkish: ifade (tr)
• Ukrainian: вираз m ‎(vyraz)
• Vietnamese: vẻ (vi)
• Welsh: mynegyn m
• Yiddish: אויסדרוק m ‎(oysdruk)

mathematics: arrangement of symbols

• Armenian: արտահայտություն (hy) ‎(artahaytutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: израз (bg) m ‎(izraz)
• Catalan: expressió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表達式 (zh), 表达式 (zh) ‎(biǎodáshì)

• Czech: výraz (cs) m
• Danish: udtryk n
• Dutch: uitdrukking (nl) f
• Esperanto: esprimo
• Estonian: avaldis
• Finnish: lauseke (määritelmä),
• French: expression (fr) f
• German: Ausdruck (de) m
• Greek: παράσταση (el) f ‎(parástasi), διατύπωση (el) f ‎(diatýposi), όρος (el) m ‎(óros)
• Icelandic: segð f
• Interlingua: expression (ia)

• Italian: espressione (it) f
• Japanese: 数式 (ja) ‎(すうしき, sūshiki)
• Norman: expression f (Jersey)
• Persian: عبارت (fa)
• Polish: wyrażenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: expressão (pt) f
• Romanian: expresie (ro) f
• Russian: выраже́ние (ru) n ‎(vyražénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: izraz (sh) m, израз m
• Spanish: expresión (es) f
• Swedish: uttryck (sv) n
• Tagalog: pahayag
• Turkish: ifade (tr)
• Ukrainian: вираз m ‎(vyraz)
• Vietnamese: biểu thức

process of translating a gene into a protein

• Catalan: expressió (ca) f
• Estonian: ekspressioon, avaldumine
• Finnish: ilmentymä (fi)
• French: expression (fr)

• Interlingua: expression (ia)
• Italian: espressione (it) f
• Portuguese: expressão (pt)
• Spanish: expresión (es) f

(computing) a piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value

• Catalan: expressió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表達式 (zh), 表达式 (zh) ‎(biǎodáshì)

• Czech: výraz (cs) m
• Danish: udtryk n
• Esperanto: esprimo
• Estonian: avaldis
• Finnish: lauseke (fi), määritelmä (fi)
• French: expression (fr) f
• German: Ausdruck (de) m
• Icelandic: segð f
• Interlingua: expression (ia)

• Italian: espressione (it) f
• Japanese: 式 (ja) ‎(しき, shiki)
• Khmer: កន្សោម (km) ‎(kɑnsaom)
• Polish: wyrażenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: expressão (pt) f
• Russian: выраже́ние (ru) n ‎(vyražénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: izraz (sh) m, израз
• Spanish: expresión (es) f
• Swedish: uttryck (sv) n
• Turkish: ifade (tr)
• Vietnamese: biểu thức

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Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} ekspresi (id), ^{(please verify)} pernyataan (id)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} expression (ia)

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 표현 (ko) ‎(pyohyeon)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} expresie (ro) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} expresión (es) f

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: bright · scarcely · Paris · #733: expression · Duke · battle · bound

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French

Etymology

From Middle French expression, a borrowing from Latin expressiō, expressiōnem ‎(“a pressing out”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (France, Paris)

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Noun

expression f ‎(plural expressions)

1. expression

Related terms

• exprimer

External links

• “expression” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin expressiō, expressiōnem ‎(“a pressing out”).

Noun

expression ‎(plural expressiones)

1. expression

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin expressiō, expressiōnem ‎(“a pressing out”).

Noun

expression f ‎(plural expressions)

1. (Jersey) expression