expression

English

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Etymology

From Middle French, from Late Latin expressiō (“a pressing out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspɹɛʃ.ən/

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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, 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.

Derived terms

• arithmetic expression
• linguistic expression
• logical expression
• regular expression
• expression pedal

Related terms

• express
• expressive
• expressionless
• expressionism
• expressible

Translations

particular way of phrasing an idea

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

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

• Czech: výraz (cs) m
• Danish: udtryk n
• Dutch: uitdrukking (nl) f
• Esperanto: esprimo
• Estonian: sõnastus
• Finnish: ilmaisu (fi), ilmaus (fi)
• French: expression (fr) f
• Georgian: გამოთქმა (gamot’k’ma)
• 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)
• Jèrriais: expression f
• Korean: 표현 (ko) (pyohyeon)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ده‌رخستن

• Latin: verbum (la)
• Latvian: izteiksme (lv) f
• Maori: kīanga
• Polish: wyrażenie (pl) n, zwrot (pl) m
• Portuguese: expressão (pt) f
• Russian: выражение (ru) n (vyražénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: abairt f
• Serbo-Croatian: izraz 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: تعبير m (taʿbīr)
• Armenian: արտահայտություն (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, 说法 (zh) (shuōfǎ)

• Danish: udtryk n
• Dutch: uitdrukking (nl) f, spreekwijze f, wijze van spreken f
• Esperanto: esprimilo, idiomaĵo
• 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)
• Italian: espressione (it) f
• Japanese: 表現 (ja) (ひょうげん, hyōgen)
• Jèrriais: expression f
• Maori: kīwaha
• Polish: wyrażenie (pl) n, zwrot (pl) m, kolokwializm (pl) m, idiomatic (pl) m
• Portuguese: expressão (pt) f
• Russian: выражение (ru) n (vyražénije), оборот (ru) m (oborót)
• Scottish Gaelic: abairt f
• Serbo-Croatian: izraz m, израз m
• Spanish: expresión (es) f
• Swedish: uttryck (sv) n
• Ukrainian: вислів (uk) m (vysliv)

facial appearance

• Albanian: fytyrë
• Arabic: سِيمَاء f (sīmāʾ)
• Armenian: արտահայտություն (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 f
• Esperanto: mieno, esprimo
• Estonian: ilme
• Finnish: ilme (fi)
• French: expression (fr) f
• Georgian: გამომეტყველება (gamometqveleba), სახის გამომეტყველება (saxis gamometqveleba)
• 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
• 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)
• Jèrriais: expression f
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: vultus m
• Latvian: izteiksme (lv) f
• Lithuanian: išraiška (lt) f
• Maori: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: нүүрний байдал (nüürnij bajdal)
• 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
• Portuguese: expressão (pt) f
• Romanian: expresie (ro) f
• Russian: выражение (ru) n (vyražénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: izraz 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: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: mynegyn m
• Yiddish: אויסדרוק m (oysdruk)

mathematics: arrangement of symbols

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

  Mandarin: 表達式 (zh), 表达式 (biǎodáshì)

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

• Interlingua: expression (ia)
• Italian: espressione (it) f
• Japanese: 数式 (すうしき, sūshiki)
• Jèrriais: expression f
• Persian: عبارت (fa)
• Polish: wyrażenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: expressão (pt) f
• Romanian: expresie (ro) f
• Russian: выражение (ru) n (vyražénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: izraz m, израз m
• Spanish: expresión (es) f
• Swedish: uttryck (sv) n
• Ukrainian: вираз m (vyraz)

process of translating a gene into a protein

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

• Interlingua: expression (ia)
• Italian: espressione (it) f
• 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 (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

• Interlingua: expression (ia)
• Italian: espressione (it) f
• Japanese: 数式 (すうしき, sūshiki), 式 (ja) (しき, shiki)
• Khmer: កន្សោម (km) (kɑnsaom)
• Polish: wyrażenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: expressão (pt) f
• Russian: выражение (ru) n (vyražénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: izraz m, израз
• Spanish: expresión (es) f
• Swedish: uttryck (sv) n

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Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: ekspresi (id), pernyataan (id)
• Interlingua: expression (ia)

• Korean: 표현 (ko) (pyohyeon)
• Romanian: expresie (ro) f
• Spanish: 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 Latin expressiō (“a pressing out”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

expression f (plural expressions)

1. expression

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin expressiō (“a pressing out”).

Noun

expression (plural expressiones)

1. expression

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Latin expressiō (“a pressing out”).

Noun

expression f (plural expressions)

1. expression