smiley

See also: Smiley

English

Alternative forms

• smilie (very rare)
• smily

Etymology

Diminutive of smile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmaɪli/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -aɪli

Adjective

smiley (comparative smilier, superlative smiliest)

1. Cheerful and happy; smiling.

   have a smiley demeanor

   a very smiley girl

2. (slang) Having one's throat slit from side to side.

Translations

cheerful and happy

• Bulgarian: усмихнат (bg) (usmihnat)
• Hungarian: mosolygós (hu)
• Spanish: sonriente (es)

Noun

A smiley.

smiley (plural smileys or smilies)

1. A simplified representation of a smiling face.
2. (Internet) A sequence of text characters used to represent a happy mood; especially :) or :-) or other depictions of smiling.
3. (rare) An improvised street weapon consisting of a length of chain with padlocks and other heavy objects affixed to one end.
4. (South Africa) A roasted sheep's head.
5. The type of piercing of the upper frenulum (upper lip).
   • 2011, Elayne Angel, The Piercing Bible: The Definitive Guide to Safe Body Piercing, Crossing Press, →ISBN, page 118:

     Smiley/Scrumper and Frowny Smiley and scrumper are both names for a piercing of the upper frenulum that attaches the center of the lip to the gums.

Synonyms

• (representation of smiling face): smiley face
• (characters that representation an emotion): emoticon

Translations

representation of a smiling face

• Armenian: ժպիտիկ (žpitik)
• Belarusian: сма́йлік m (smájlik), смайл m (smajl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 笑臉／笑脸 (zh) (xiàoliǎn)

• Czech: smajlík (cs) m
• Danish: smiley c
• Dutch: smiley (nl) m
• Esperanto: ridetulo
• Estonian: smaili
• Finnish: hymiö (fi), hymynaama (fi)
• French: émoticône (fr) f, smiley (fr) m
• German: Emoticon (de) n, Smiley (de) n
• Hungarian: mosoly (hu), smiley (hu)
• Japanese: スマイリー (sumairī)
• Korean: 스마일리 (seumailli)
• Macedonian: смешко (mk) n (smeško), смајли n (smajli)
• Polish: buźka (pl) f
• Portuguese: smiley m
• Romanian: smiley n, (rare) față zâmbitoare f, zâmbilici m
• Russian: сма́йлик (ru) m (smájlik), смайл (ru) m (smajl)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сме̏шко m, смје̏шко m, смајли n

  Roman: smȅško m, smjȅško (sh) m, smajli n

• Slovene: smeško n
• Spanish: emoticono (es) m
• Swedish: smiley (sv) c
• Thai: สไมลีย์
• Turkish: smiley, gülen surat
• Ukrainian: сма́йлик m (smájlyk), смайл m (smajl)

emoticon — see emoticon

slit throat

• Finnish: (slang) kestohymy

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 笑臉符號／笑脸符号 (xiào liǎn fúhào) , ^{(please verify)} 臉譜／脸谱 (liǎn pǔ) , ^{(please verify)} 情緒圖標／情绪图标 (qíngxù túbiāo) , ^{(please verify)} 表情符 (biǎoqíng fú)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} smiley, ^{(please verify)} smilefjes

See also

• Appendix:Emoticons

Further reading

• smiley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• slymie, slimey, limeys, Limeys, Smylie, milsey

Danish

Etymology

From English smiley. First attested in 1993.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smajli/, [ˈsmɑjli]

Noun

smiley c (singular definite smileyen, plural indefinite smileyer or smileys)

1. smiley (representation of a smiling face)
2. emoticon, smiley (characters that represent an emotion)

Inflection

Declension of smiley

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	smiley	smileyen	smileyer	smileyerne
genitive	smileys	smileyens	smileyers	smileyernes

Synonyms

• (emoticon): emotikon

Further reading

• smiley on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English smiley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmɑi̯.li/, /ˈsmaːi̯.li/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: smi‧ley

Noun

smiley m (plural smileys, diminutive smileytje n)

1. smiley

   Synonyms: emoji, emoticon

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English smiley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smaj.lɛ/

• Audio:

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Noun

smiley m (plural smileys)

1. smiley (logo of smiling face)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smiley.

Noun

smiley m (plural smileys)

1. smiley (simple representation of a smiling face)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smiley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmaj.li/
• Hyphenation: smi‧ley

Noun

smiley n (plural smileyuri or smiley-uri)

1. smiley (representation of a smiling face)
2. emoticon, smiley (characters that represent an emotion)

Declension

Declension of smiley

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) smiley	smileyul	(niște) smileyuri	smileyurile
genitive/dative	(unui) smiley	smileyului	(unor) smileyuri	smileyurilor
vocative	smileyule		smileyurilor

Turkish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smiley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [smajli]
• Hyphenation: smi‧ley

Noun

smiley (definite accusative smileyi, plural smileyler)

1. smiley

Usage notes

As the word starts with two consonants, Turkish-speaking people may pronounce it as [simajlej].

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	smiley
Definite accusative	smileyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	smiley	smileyler
Definite accusative	smileyi	smileyleri
Dative	smileye	smileylere
Locative	smileyde	smileylerde
Ablative	smileyden	smileylerden
Genitive	smileyin	smileylerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular smileyim smileylerim 2nd singular smileyin smileylerin 3rd singular smileyi smileyleri 1st plural smileyimiz smileylerimiz 2nd plural smileyiniz smileyleriniz 3rd plural smileyleri smileyleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular smileyimi smileylerimi 2nd singular smileyini smileylerini 3rd singular smileyini smileylerini 1st plural smileyimizi smileylerimizi 2nd plural smileyinizi smileylerinizi 3rd plural smileylerini smileylerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular smileyime smileylerime 2nd singular smileyine smileylerine 3rd singular smileyine smileylerine 1st plural smileyimize smileylerimize 2nd plural smileyinize smileylerinize 3rd plural smileylerine smileylerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular smileyimde smileylerimde 2nd singular smileyinde smileylerinde 3rd singular smileyinde smileylerinde 1st plural smileyimizde smileylerimizde 2nd plural smileyinizde smileylerinizde 3rd plural smileylerinde smileylerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular smileyimden smileylerimden 2nd singular smileyinden smileylerinden 3rd singular smileyinden smileylerinden 1st plural smileyimizden smileylerimizden 2nd plural smileyinizden smileylerinizden 3rd plural smileylerinden smileylerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular smileyimin smileylerimin 2nd singular smileyinin smileylerinin 3rd singular smileyinin smileylerinin 1st plural smileyimizin smileylerimizin 2nd plural smileyinizin smileylerinizin 3rd plural smileylerinin smileylerinin