emoji

See also: Emoji

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字 (えもじ, emoji), from 絵 (え, e, “picture”) + 文字 (もじ, moji, “character”). The apparent connection to emotion and emoticon is coincidental.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈməʊdʒi/
(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈmoʊdʒi/, IPA^(key): /iˈmoʊdʒi/
Rhymes: -əʊdʒi
Audio (Canada) (file)

Noun

emoji (plural emojis or emoji)

A standardized ideogrammatic icon with a unique code point. They were originally used in Japanese text messaging but have since been adopted internationally.

Related terms

Translations

ideogrammatic icon used in text messaging

Arabic: إِيمُوجِي‎‎ m (ʾīmūjī)
Bengali: ইমোজি (imoji)
Burmese: အီမိုဂျီ (imuigyi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 繪文字, 绘文字 (kui² man⁴ zi⁶)

Mandarin: 繪文字, 绘文字 (huìwénzì)
Czech: emodži n, emoji n
Dutch: emoji (nl) m
Esperanto: emoĝio
Finnish: emoji (fi)
French: emoji (fr) m, émoji (fr) m
German: Emoji (de) n
Greek: εμότζι (el) n (emótzi)
Hebrew: אֶמוֹגִ׳י‎‎ m (emojí)
Hungarian: emodzsi

Icelandic: tjámerki n
Ido: emoji
Italian: emoji (it) f
Japanese: 絵文字 (えもじ, emoji)
Korean: 에모지 (emoji)
Pashto: اېموجي‎‎ m, m pl (emoji)
Persian: اموجی‎‎, ايموجی‎‎ (emoji), شکلک‎‎ (fa) (šeklak)
Polish: emoji (pl) n
Portuguese: emoji (pt)
Russian: эмо́дзи (ru) n (emódzi)
Spanish: emoji m
Swedish: emoji (sv) c
Turkish: emoji
Ukrainian: емо́дзі n (emódzi)
Yakut: эмодьи (emoci)

Anagrams

ojime

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字 (えもじ, emoji), from 絵 (え, e, “picture”) + 文字 (もじ, moji, “character”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: e‧mo‧ji
IPA^(key): /ˈe̞mo̞ji/

Noun

emoji

emoji (ideogrammatic icon used in text messaging)

Declension

Inflection of emoji (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		emoji	emojit
genitive		emojin	emojien emojeiden emojeitten
partitive		emojia	emojeita emojeja
illative		emojiin	emojeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		emoji	emojit
accusative	nom.	emoji	emojit
accusative	gen.	emojin	emojit
genitive		emojin	emojien emojeiden emojeitten
partitive		emojia	emojeita emojeja
inessive		emojissa	emojeissa
elative		emojista	emojeista
illative		emojiin	emojeihin
adessive		emojilla	emojeilla
ablative		emojilta	emojeilta
allative		emojille	emojeille
essive		emojina	emojeina
translative		emojiksi	emojeiksi
instructive		—	emojein
abessive		emojitta	emojeitta
comitative		—	emojeineen

French

Alternative forms

émoji

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字 (えもじ, emoji), from 絵 (え, e, “picture”) + 文字 (もじ, moji, “character”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.mo.(d)ʒi/
Rhymes: -i

Noun

emoji m (plural emojis)

emoji (ideogrammatic icon used in text messaging)

Japanese

Romanization

emoji

Rōmaji transcription of えもじ

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字 (えもじ, emoji), from 絵 (え, e, “picture”) + 文字 (もじ, moji, “character”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eˈmoxi/

Noun

emoji m (plural emojis)

emoji (ideogrammatic icon used in text messaging)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.