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emoticon

See also: emoticón

English

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Etymology

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Blend of emotion +‎ icon

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Noun

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emoticon (plural emoticons)

  1. A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.
    1. A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotion; a smiley.
      • [1992 December 1, William Grimes, “Computer as a Cultural Tool: Chatter Mounts on Every Topic”, in The New York Times‎[1], page C13:
        A remark intended humorously is often indicated by the letter G in parentheses, for "grin," or by a sideways happy face built from punctuation marks. Such symbols are known as emoticons.]
      • 2006, Joseph B. Walther, “Nonverbal dynamics in computer-mediated communication”, in Valerie Manusov, Miles Patterson, editors, The SAGE Handbook of Nonverbal Communication, →ISBN, page 470:
        In a 4 by 2 experimental procedure, :) ;) :( or no emoticon were inserted alternately in simulated e-mail message mock-ups
      • 2007, M. Yanagisawa, M. Kobayashi, Y. Kato, S. Kato, D. Scott, “Research on the emotions interpreted from emoticons in Japanese cellular telephone email”, in T. Hirashima, U. Hoppe, S. Young, editors, Supporting Learning Flow through Integrative Technologies, →ISBN, page 271:
        The range of interpretations was surprising broad, for instance the emoticon (-.-) had 16 possible interpretations
    2. An image or graphic icon used to represent such emotions; an emoji.
      • 2007, Loren Abdulezer, Susan Abdulezer, Howard Dammond, Skype for Dummies, →ISBN, page 61:
        In addition to placing emoticons by clicking icons in the pop-up panel shown in Figure 4-2, you can enter the text representation in your text chat window. For example, to show the image of the emoticon with sunglasses, you enter (cool).

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English emoticon.

Noun

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emoticon m (invariable)

  1. emoticon

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English emoticon.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -õ
  • Hyphenation: e‧mo‧ti‧con

Noun

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emoticon m (plural emoticons)

  1. emoticon (simple drawing using text characters)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English emoticon.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.mo.ti.ˈkon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Hyphenation: e‧mo‧ti‧con

Noun

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emoticon n (plural emoticoane)

  1. emoticon

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative emoticon emoticonul emoticoane emoticoanele
genitive-dative emoticon emoticonului emoticoane emoticoanelor
vocative emoticonule emoticoanelor
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