This :-) is an emoticon.
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Emoticon
//ɪˈmoʊtəˌkɑn//
Synonyms for "emoticon" (3 found)
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2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 29 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- զմայլիկ noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- սմայլիկ noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Catalan
1 entries- emoticona noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 表情符號 /表情符号 noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Danish
2 entries- emotikon noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- smiley noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Esperanto
1 entries- miensimbolo noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Finnish
1 entries- hymiö noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
French
4 entries- binette noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- frimousse noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- émoticone noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- émoticône noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Galician
1 entries- emoticona noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Georgian
1 entries- სიცილაკი noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
German
1 entries- Emoticon noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Hebrew
2 entries- פַּרְצוּפוֹן noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- רִגְשׁוֹן noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Hungarian
2 entries- emotikon noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- hangulatjel noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Indonesian
1 entries- emotikon noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Irish
1 entries- straoiseog noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Italian
1 entries- faccina noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Japanese
3 entries- エモティコン noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- 絵文字 noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- 顔文字 noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Kazakh
3 entries- күлегеш noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- эмотикон noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- өңтаңба noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Korean
2 entries- 이모티콘 noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- 통보문그림기호 noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Ligurian
2 entries- facìn noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- morìn noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Māori
1 entries- tohukare noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Persian
1 entries- شکلک noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Polish
3 entries- emotikon noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- emotikona noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- emotka noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Portuguese
1 entries- emoticon noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Romanian
1 entries- emoticon noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Russian
3 entries- сма́йлик noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- смайл noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- эмотико́н noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- emotikon noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Slovene
2 entries- smeško noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- čustvenček noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Spanish
2 entries- emoticono noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- emoticón noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Swedish
4 entries- emotikon noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- smajlis noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- smilgubbe noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
- smilis noun (representation of an emotion of the writer)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The “smiling face with smiling eyes” is a standard in approval and appreciation. It expresses genuine happiness and warm, positive feelings. It is an emoji form of the ^^ emoticon.
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Do you know what the difference between an emoticon and an emoji is?
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This is the first time I've seen this emoticon in a while.
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