different between smiley vs emoji

English

Alternative forms

• smilie (very rare)

Etymology

Diminutive of smile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sma?li/
• Rhymes: -a?li

Adjective

smiley (comparative smilier, superlative smiliest)

1. Cheerful and happy; smiling.

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

Translations

Noun

smiley (plural smileys or smilies)

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

See also

• Appendix:Emoticons

Further reading

• smiley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Smylie, limeys, milsey

Danish

Etymology

From English smiley. [1993]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smajli/, [?sm?jli]

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

• (emoticon): emotikon

Further reading

• smiley on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English smiley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sm?i?.li/, /?sma?i?.li/
• Hyphenation: smi?ley

Noun

smiley m (plural smileys, diminutive smileytje n)

1. smiley

   Synonyms: emoji, emoticon

French

Etymology

From English smiley.

Noun

smiley m (plural smileys)

1. smiley (logo of smiling face)

Portuguese

Etymology

From English smiley.

Noun

smiley m (plural smileys)

1. smiley (simple representation of a smiling face)

Turkish

Etymology

From English smiley.

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 as [simajlej].

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (???, emoji), from ? (?, e, “picture”) + ?? (??, moji, “character”). The apparent connection to emotion and emoticon is coincidental.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m??d?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??mo?d?i/, /i?mo?d?i/
• Rhymes: -??d?i
• Hyphenation: emo?ji

Noun

emoji (plural emojis or emoji)

1. A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept or object, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media.

   Coordinate terms: emoticon, kaomoji, sticker

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• emoji on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ojime

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (???, emoji), from ? (?, e, “picture”) + ?? (??, moji, “character”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?emoji/, [?e?mo?ji]
• Rhymes: -emoji
• Syllabification: e?mo?ji

Noun

emoji

1. emoji.

Declension

French

Alternative forms

• émoji

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (???, emoji), from ? (?, e, “picture”) + ?? (??, moji, “character”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.mo.(d)?i/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

emoji m (plural emojis)

1. emoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”).

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (???, emoji), from ? (?, e, “picture”) + ?? (??, moji, “character”). The apparent connection to emotion and emoticon is coincidental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.mo.d??i/
• Hyphenation: é?mo?ji

Noun

emoji (first-person possessive emojiku, second-person possessive emojimu, third-person possessive emojinya)

1. A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept or object, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (???, emoji).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?m?.d??i/

Noun

emoji f or m (invariable)

1. emoji

Further reading

• emoji in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

emoji

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (???, emoji), from ? (?, e, “picture”) + ?? (??, moji, “character”).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /e?moxi/, [e?mo.xi]

Noun

emoji m (plural emojis)

1. emoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”)

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (???, emoji), from ? (?, e, “picture”) + ?? (??, moji, “character”).

Pronunciation

Noun

emoji (n class, plural emoji)

1. emoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”).