archaic smile

English

WOTD – 13 April 2024

Etymology

A detail of the Moschophoros (μοσχοφόρος, Calf-bearer, c. 570 B.C.E.), a statue with an archaic smile now in the collection of the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece.

From archaic +‎ smile, referring to the Archaic period of Ancient Greek art.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˌkeɪɪk ˈsmaɪl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹˌkeɪɪk ˈsmaɪl/

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• Hyphenation: ar‧cha‧ic smile

Noun

archaic smile (plural archaic smiles)

1. (Ancient Greece, art, sculpture, historical) A smiling facial expression commonly found on Greek statues of the Archaic period (circa 700–500 B.C.E.).

Translations

smiling facial expression commonly found on Greek statues of the Archaic period

• Belarusian: архаічная ўсмешка f (arxaičnaja ŭsmješka)
• Bulgarian: архаичната усми́вка f (arhaičnata usmívka)
• Catalan: somriure arcaic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古風式微笑／古风式微笑 (gǔfēngshìwēixiào, gǔfēngshìwéixiào)

• Danish: arkaisk smil n
• Finnish: arkaainen hymy
• French: sourire archaïque m
• German: Archaisches Lächeln n
• Greek: αρχαϊκό μειδίαμα n (archaïkó meidíama)
• Hebrew: חיוך ארכאי m
• Italian: sorriso arcaico m
• Japanese: アルカイックスマイル (arukaikku sumairu)
• Korean: 고졸기 미소 (gojolgi miso)
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: arkaisk smil m or n

• Polish: archaiczny uśmiech m
• Portuguese: sorriso arcaico m
• Russian: архаическая улыбка f (arxaičeskaja ulybka)
• Spanish: sonrisa arcaica f
• Swedish: arkaiskt leende n
• Ukrainian: архаї́чна у́смішка f (arxajíčna úsmiška)

Further reading

• archaic smile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia