Wiktionary

emoji

See also: Emoji

English edit

WOTD – 17 July 2018
 
 
 
 
Four emojis: 🍇, 😂, 🙄, and 🐙

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”). The word is etymologically unrelated to emotion and emoticon, but the coincidental phonetic resemblance may have facilitated its adoption into English.[1]

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Noun edit

emoji (plural emojis or emoji)

  1. A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.
    Coordinate terms: emoticon, kaomoji, sticker
    • 2002, Language International: The Business Resource for a Multilingual Age, volume 14, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 45:
      In order to communicate quickly, many mobile phone users use emoji characters (similar to emoticons) while sending messages. Service providers have also created a set of emoji characters and have added support for it.
    • 2010 April 17, Martin Bryant, “Twitter Reveals Details of New ‘Annotated Tweets’ Feature”, in The Next Web‎[2], archived from the original on 22 February 2017:
      One of the most exciting announcements at Twitter's Chirp conference this week was "Annotated Tweets". […] The data attached doesn't have to be simple text. Twitter suggests examples such as MIDI data (for music) or emoji (for fancy emoticons).
    • 2011 April 5, Sam Biddle, “IRL Emojis: Our New Favourite Way to Waste Time on the Phone”, in Gizmodo‎[3], archived from the original on 20 March 2013:
      So what do a bunch of dudes with iPhones do when they haven't eaten all day, are waiting at your restaurant table, starving, annoyed, and need to pass the time. They innovate. They bring emojis to life. In public. […] Give it a shot – it's probably the one semi-practical thing you can do with an emoji […].
    • 2017, Marcel Danesi, “Emoji Grammar”, in The Semiotics of Emoji (Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics), London, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 77:
      Like any natural language grammar, the distribution of emoji in texts, as well as the construction of phrases and sentences with emoji symbols in them, implies a systematic structure, otherwise it would be impossible to literally "read" the emoji texts.
    • 2017 August, Vyvyan Evans, “What’s in a Word?”, in The Emoji Code: The Linguistics behind Smiley Faces and Scaredy Cats, 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, page 102:
      At present, Emoji functions not to replace the linguistic mode, but to complement it – the good old-fashioned English word is not going to be in danger any time soon. Emoji enables, arguably for the first time, a multimodal component to text-based digital communication, providing a code that fills out the communicative message in the linguistic mode, conveyed through text.
    • 2018 March 24, “Apple Wants to Introduce New Emojis for Disabled People”, in BBC News‎[4], archived from the original on 9 July 2018:
      Apple wants to introduce new emojis to better represent people with disabilities. A guide dog, a wheelchair user and prosthetic limbs are just some of the symbols it's suggested.
    • 2023 July 17, Benjamin Laker, “Emojis in the Modern Workplace: A Psychological Perspective”, in Psychology Today‎[5]:
      In addition to promoting efficient communication, emojis foster a sense of camaraderie and unity among coworkers. This was demonstrated during the initial stages of the pandemic when Slack employees used the ❤️ emoji to express solidarity and emotional support.

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Finnish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈemoji/, [ˈe̞mo̞ji]
  • Rhymes: -emoji
  • Syllabification(key): e‧mo‧ji

Noun edit

emoji

  1. emoji.

Declension edit

Inflection of emoji (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative emoji emojit
genitive emojin emojien
emojeiden
emojeitten
partitive emojia emojeita
emojeja
illative emojiin emojeihin
singular plural
nominative emoji emojit
accusative nom. emoji emojit
gen. emojin
genitive emojin emojien
emojeiden
emojeitten
partitive emojia emojeita
emojeja
inessive emojissa emojeissa
elative emojista emojeista
illative emojiin emojeihin
adessive emojilla emojeilla
ablative emojilta emojeilta
allative emojille emojeille
essive emojina emojeina
translative emojiksi emojeiksi
abessive emojitta emojeitta
instructive — emojein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of emoji (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative emojini emojini
accusative nom. emojini emojini
gen. emojini
genitive emojini emojieni
emojeideni
emojeitteni
partitive emojiani emojeitani
emojejani
inessive emojissani emojeissani
elative emojistani emojeistani
illative emojiini emojeihini
adessive emojillani emojeillani
ablative emojiltani emojeiltani
allative emojilleni emojeilleni
essive emojinani emojeinani
translative emojikseni emojeikseni
abessive emojittani emojeittani
instructive — —
comitative — emojeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative emojisi emojisi
accusative nom. emojisi emojisi
gen. emojisi
genitive emojisi emojiesi
emojeidesi
emojeittesi
partitive emojiasi emojeitasi
emojejasi
inessive emojissasi emojeissasi
elative emojistasi emojeistasi
illative emojiisi emojeihisi
adessive emojillasi emojeillasi
ablative emojiltasi emojeiltasi
allative emojillesi emojeillesi
essive emojinasi emojeinasi
translative emojiksesi emojeiksesi
abessive emojittasi emojeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — emojeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative emojimme emojimme
accusative nom. emojimme emojimme
gen. emojimme
genitive emojimme emojiemme
emojeidemme
emojeittemme
partitive emojiamme emojeitamme
emojejamme
inessive emojissamme emojeissamme
elative emojistamme emojeistamme
illative emojiimme emojeihimme
adessive emojillamme emojeillamme
ablative emojiltamme emojeiltamme
allative emojillemme emojeillemme
essive emojinamme emojeinamme
translative emojiksemme emojeiksemme
abessive emojittamme emojeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — emojeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative emojinne emojinne
accusative nom. emojinne emojinne
gen. emojinne
genitive emojinne emojienne
emojeidenne
emojeittenne
partitive emojianne emojeitanne
emojejanne
inessive emojissanne emojeissanne
elative emojistanne emojeistanne
illative emojiinne emojeihinne
adessive emojillanne emojeillanne
ablative emojiltanne emojeiltanne
allative emojillenne emojeillenne
essive emojinanne emojeinanne
translative emojiksenne emojeiksenne
abessive emojittanne emojeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — emojeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative emojinsa emojinsa
accusative nom. emojinsa emojinsa
gen. emojinsa
genitive emojinsa emojiensa
emojeidensa
emojeittensa
partitive emojiaan
emojiansa 		emojeitaan
emojejaan
emojeitansa
emojejansa
inessive emojissaan
emojissansa 		emojeissaan
emojeissansa
elative emojistaan
emojistansa 		emojeistaan
emojeistansa
illative emojiinsa emojeihinsa
adessive emojillaan
emojillansa 		emojeillaan
emojeillansa
ablative emojiltaan
emojiltansa 		emojeiltaan
emojeiltansa
allative emojilleen
emojillensa 		emojeilleen
emojeillensa
essive emojinaan
emojinansa 		emojeinaan
emojeinansa
translative emojikseen
emojiksensa 		emojeikseen
emojeiksensa
abessive emojittaan
emojittansa 		emojeittaan
emojeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — emojeineen
emojeinensa

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French edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /e.mo.(d)ʒi/
  • Audio (Switzerland)(file)
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun edit

emoji m (plural emojis)

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

Indonesian edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”). The apparent connection to emotion and emoticon is coincidental.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /e.mo.d͡ʒi/
  • Hyphenation: é‧mo‧ji

Noun edit

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 edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

emoji f or m (invariable)

  1. emoji

Further reading edit

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

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Romanization edit

emoji

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えもじ

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English emoji, from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

emoji m (plural emojis)

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

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /eˈmoxi/ [eˈmo.xi]
    • Rhymes: -oxi
    • Syllabification: e‧mo‧ji
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /eˈmoʝi/ [eˈmo.ʝi]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eˈmoʃi/ [eˈmo.ʃi]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eˈmoʒi/ [eˈmo.ʒi]

Noun edit

emoji m (plural emojis)

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

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Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

emoji (n class, plural emoji)

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

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emoji c

  1. an emoji

Declension edit

Declension of emoji 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative emoji emojin emojis, emojier emojisarna, emojierna
Genitive emojis emojins emojis, emojiers emojisarnas, emojiernas

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Turkish edit

 
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Etymology edit

From French émoji, from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

emoji (definite accusative emojiyi, plural emojiler)

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

Declension edit

Inflection
Nominative emoji
Definite accusative emojiyi
Singular Plural
Nominative emoji emojiler
Definite accusative emojiyi emojileri
Dative emojiye emojilere
Locative emojide emojilerde
Ablative emojiden emojilerden
Genitive emojinin emojilerin
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