# emoji
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed 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, but the coincidental phonetic resemblance may have facilitated its adoption into English.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪˈməʊdʒi/
* (General American) IPA: /ɪˈmoʊd͡ʒi/, /iˈmoʊd͡ʒi/
* Audio (Canada):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊdʒi
* Hyphenation: e‧mo‧ji

### Noun

emoji (plural emojis or emoji)
* 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, 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, 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, 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: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.

#### Derived terms

* emojification
* emoji flag sequence
* emojify
* emojipasta
* emoji sequence
* emoji ZWJ sequence

#### Related terms

* mojibake
* pictogram
* pictograph

#### Translations
### Further reading

* emoji on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* ojime

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈemoji/, [ˈe̞mo̞ji]
* Rhymes: -emoji
* Hyphenation: emo‧ji

### Noun

emoji
* emoji.

#### Declension

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 :

### Further reading

* “emoji”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Alternative forms

* émoji

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

emoji m (plural emojis)
* emoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /e.mo.d͡ʒi/
* Hyphenation: é‧mo‧ji

### Noun

emoji (uncountable)
* 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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eˈmɔ.d͡ʒi/
* Rhymes: -ɔdʒi

### Noun

emoji f or m (invariable)
* emoji

### Further reading

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

## Japanese
### Romanization

emoji
* Rōmaji transcription of えもじ

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈmo.ʒi/

### Noun

emoji m (plural emojis)
* emoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”)

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /e.ˈmo.d͡ʒi/, /e.ˈmo.ʒi/
* Hyphenation: e‧mo‧ji

### Noun

emoji n (plural emojiuri)
* emoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”)

#### Declension
### References

* emoji in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* emoyi

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

emoji m (plural emojis)
* emoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”)

### Further reading

* “emoji”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

emoji class IX (plural emoji class X)
* emoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”).

## Swedish
### Noun

emoji c
* an emoji

#### Declension
### References

* emoji in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* emoji in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.mɔ.ʒi/

### Noun

emoji (definite accusative emojiyi, plural emojiler)
* emoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”)