smiley

See also: Smiley

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive of smile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmaɪli/
  • Rhymes: -aɪli

Adjective

smiley (comparative smilier, superlative smiliest)

  1. Cheerful and happy; smiling.
  2. (slang) Having one's throat slit from side to side.

Translations

Noun

A smiley.

smiley (plural smileys or smilies)

  1. A simplified representation of a smiling face.
  2. (Internet) A sequence of keyboard characters used to represent a person's mood or emotion, especially :) or :-) or other smiling depiction.
  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)

Synonyms

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

Translations

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See also

  • Appendix:Emoticons

Further reading

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From English smiley. [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

Synonyms

Further reading

French

Noun

smiley m (plural smileys)

  1. smiley (logo of smiling face)

Portuguese

Noun

smiley m (plural smileys)

  1. smiley (simple representation of a smiling face)

Turkish

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [smajlej]
  • 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 wrongly 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
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
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