emoji
A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object,…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.
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Meaning
2 sensesA 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.
Emoji
эмо́дзиemódzi
емо́дзіemódzi
(broadly)Any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, e.g. an image emoticon.
- ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and Web pages
Examples
46 sentencesDo you use emojis a lot?
Which emoji do you use the most?
I would never use emojis in business emails.
deIch würde in beruflichen E-Mails niemals Emojis benutzen.
Which emoji do you use the most often?
ruКакое эмодзи ты используешь чаще всего?
I would never use an emoji in a business email.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “charactBorrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”). False cognate of English emotion and emoticon.
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Forms
plural: emojis / emojiWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular