grimace

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• UK: /ˈɡɹɪm.əs/
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• UK, archaic: /ɡɹɪˈmeɪs/
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• UK: grĭm'-əs
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• UK: grĭ-mās'
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• US: /ˈɡɹɪm.əs/
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• US, rare: /ɡɹɪˈmeɪs/
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• US: grĭm'-əs
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• US: grĭ-mās'
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• CMU ARPABET: G R IH1 M AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From French grimace, from Middle French grimace, from Old French grimace, grimuche, from grime (“mask”) (with the pejorative suffix -ace, from Latin -āceus), from Frankish *grīma, *grīmō (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask, helmet”). Cognate with Old English grīma (“mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition”). More at grime.

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aromanian: strãmbãturã — a distortion of the face
• Bulgarian: гримаса (grimasa) — a distortion of the face
• Catalan: ganyota — a distortion of the face
• Chinese Mandarin: 鬼臉 /鬼脸 (guǐliǎn) — a distortion of the face
• Chinese Mandarin: 怪相 (guàixiàng) — a distortion of the face
• Danish: grimasse — a distortion of the face
• Dutch: grimas — a distortion of the face
• Esperanto: grimaco — a distortion of the face
• Finnish: irvistys — a distortion of the face
• French: grimace — a distortion of the face
• Galician: aceno — a distortion of the face
• Galician: moca — a distortion of the face
• Georgian: გრიმასა (grimasa) — a distortion of the face
• German: Grimasse — a distortion of the face
• Greek: μορφασμός (morfasmós) — a distortion of the face
• Hungarian: grimasz — a distortion of the face
• Ingrian: irvissös — a distortion of the face
• Irish: strainc — a distortion of the face
• Irish: grainc — a distortion of the face
• Irish: cár — a distortion of the face
• Irish: gramhas — a distortion of the face
• Irish: strabhas — a distortion of the face
• Irish: scaimh — a distortion of the face
• Italian: smorfia — a distortion of the face
• Japanese: しかめっ面 (shikamettsura) — a distortion of the face
• Latin: sanna — a distortion of the face
• Luxembourgish: Grimass — a distortion of the face
• Marathi: चर्या विरूपता (caryā virūptā) — a distortion of the face
• Norwegian: grimase — a distortion of the face
• Polish: grymas — a distortion of the face
• Portuguese: careta — a distortion of the face
• Portuguese: esgar — a distortion of the face
• Romanian: grimasă — a distortion of the face
• Romanian: strâmbătură — a distortion of the face
• Russian: грима́са (grimása) — a distortion of the face
• Russian: ужи́мка (užímka) — a distortion of the face
• Spanish: mueca — a distortion of the face
• Spanish: mohín — a distortion of the face
• Spanish: mohíno — a distortion of the face
• Spanish: regaño — a distortion of the face
• Swedish: grimas — a distortion of the face
• Swedish: grimasch — a distortion of the face
• Bulgarian: гримаснича (grimasniča) — to make grimaces
• Catalan: fer ganyotes — to make grimaces
• Chinese Mandarin: 扮鬼臉 /扮鬼脸 (bàn guǐliǎn) — to make grimaces
• Czech: šklebit se — to make grimaces
• Danish: grimassere — to make grimaces
• Esperanto: grimaci — to make grimaces
• Finnish: irvistää — to make grimaces
• Finnish: irvistellä — to make grimaces
• Finnish: virnistellä — to make grimaces
• French: grimacer — to make grimaces
• French: faire des grimaces — to make grimaces
• German: Grimassen schneiden — to make grimaces
• Greek: μορφάζω (morfázo) — to make grimaces
• Hungarian: grimaszokat vág — to make grimaces
• Ingrian: irvistää — to make grimaces
• Japanese: 顰める (shikameru) — to make grimaces
• Latin: surringor — to make grimaces
• Māori: whāita — to make grimaces
• Māori: whakamenemene — to make grimaces
• Māori: moteko — to make grimaces
• Māori: whakamoteko — to make grimaces
• Māori: whakahamero — to make grimaces
• Māori: whakatekoteko — to make grimaces
• Māori: ngeri — to make grimaces
• Māori: whakatoretore — to make grimaces
• Māori: whakapī — to make grimaces
• Norwegian: gjøre grimase — to make grimaces
• Norwegian: lage grimase — to make grimaces
• Persian: قیافه ی خود را در هم کشیدن — to make grimaces
• Persian: روی ترش کردن — to make grimaces
• Portuguese: fazer careta/caretas — to make grimaces
• Romanian: strâmba — to make grimaces
• Russian: грима́сничать (grimásničatʹ) — to make grimaces
• Russian: кривляться (krivljatʹsja) — to make grimaces
• Serbo-Croatian: кревељити се — to make grimaces
• Spanish: hacer gestos — to make grimaces
• Spanish: hacer muecas — to make grimaces
• Spanish: muequear — to make grimaces
• Swedish: grimasera — to make grimaces