frimousse

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French frume (“expression, mien”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁi.mus/

Noun

frimousse f (plural frimousses)

1. (colloquial) sweet face, cute little face
2. (Internet) emoticon, smiley

Synonyms

• (emoticon): binette

Further reading

• “frimousse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.