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smile

noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsmaɪl/
  • /ˈsmaɪ.əl/
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  • rhymes with -aɪl
  • CMU ARPABET: S M AY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She's got a perfect smile.
  • He has a sinister smile.
  • She had a smile on her face.
  • He always puts a smile on my face.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Favour; propitious regard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • the smile of the gods

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A drink bought by one person for another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: treat

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Abbreviation of small incision lenticule extraction: corrective eye surgery in which a femtosecond laser photodisrupts ("carves") a lenticule of tissue within the corneal stroma that is then extracted through a small arc-shaped incision in the side of the cornea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable

Topics: medicine, ophthalmology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To have (a smile) on one's face.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • When you smile, the whole world smiles with you.
  • I don't know what he's smiling about.
  • She smiles a beautiful smile.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To express by smiling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to smile consent, or a welcome

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The gods smiled on his labours.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

Of ackee fruit: to open fully, indicating that it is no longer toxic, and ready to be picked.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: smiling, grin, grinning

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: facial expression, facial gesture

Narrower terms: simper, smirk

12

verb

Meaning 12

change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grimace, make a face, pull a face

Narrower terms: dimple, grin, beam, smirk, simper, sneer

13

verb

Meaning 13

express with a smile

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She smiled her thanks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: express, show, evince

History

Etymology

From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), from Middle Low German *smîlen (“to smile”), from Middle High German smielen, from Old High German smielēn, from Proto-West Germanic *smīlēn, from Proto-Germanic *smīlāną (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”). Cognate with Danish smile, Swedish smila, Faroese smíla (“to smile”); also Saterland Frisian smielje (“to smile”), Low German smielen (“to smile”), Dutch smuilen (“to smile”), Middle High German smielen (“to smile”). Related also to Old High German smierōn (“to smile”), Old English smerian (“to laugh at”), Old English smercian, smearcian ("to smile"; > English smirk), Latin mīror (“to wonder at”).

Across languages

Translations

509 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abaza: пшвырхъы́ччара (pšwərqə́ććara) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Abkhaz: аччаҧшь (aččapš) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Afrikaans: glimlag — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Albanian: buzëqeshje — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Southern Altai: кӱлӱмји (külümǰi) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Southern Altai: кӱлӱмзиренижи (külümzireniži) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Southern Altai: кӱлӱмзирениш (külümzireniš) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Southern Altai: кӱлӱм (külüm) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Amharic: ፈገግታ (fägägta) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Amharic: መገልፈጥ (mägälfäṭ) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Arabic: اِبْتِسَامَة (ibtisāma) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Arabic: بَسْمَة (basma) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Arabic: تَبَسُّم (tabassum) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Aragonese: riseta — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Armenian: ժպիտ (žpit) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Asturian: sonrisa — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Asturian: sorrisa — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Azerbaijani: təbəssüm — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Azerbaijani: qımışıq — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Azerbaijani: gülümsəmə — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Bashkir: йылмайыу (yılmayıw) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Basque: irribarre — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Basque: irri — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Basque: irriño — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Belarusian: усме́шка (usmjéška) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Belarusian: усьме́шка (usʹmjéška) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Bengali: হাসি (haśi) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Central Bikol: huyom — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Breton: mousc'hoarzh — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Bulgarian: усми́вка (usmívka) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Burmese: အပြုံး (a.prum:) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Buryat: миһэрэл (miherel) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Carpathian Rusyn: усмішка (usmiška) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Catalan: somrís — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Catalan: somriure — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Cebuano: pahiyom — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Chamorro: chålek — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Chechen: велакъажар (velaqʼažar) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Chinese Cantonese: 微笑 (mei4 siu3) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Chinese: щё (xio) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Chinese: щёляр (xioliar) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Chinese: 笑容 (chhiò-iông) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Chinese: 笑神 (chhiò-sîn) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Chinese: 笑市 (chhiò-chhī) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Chinese: 微笑 (bî-chhiò) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 微笑 (wēixiào) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 笑容 (xiàoróng) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Chuvash: кулӑ (kulă) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • West Circassian: щхыпцӏ (śxəpcʼ) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • West Circassian: щхыпцӏыныр (śxəpcʼənər) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • West Circassian: ӏугушӏукӏыныр (ʼwugwušwʼukʼənər) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Cornish: gwen — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Cornish: minhwarth — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Corsican: surrisu — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Crimean Tatar: кюлюмсирев (külümsirev) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Crimean Tatar: тебессюм (tebessüm) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Crimean Tatar: külümsirev — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Crimean Tatar: tebessüm — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Czech: úsměv — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Danish: smil — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Dutch: glimlach — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Dutch: lach — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Emilian: suris — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Erzya: мизэлкс (mizëlks) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Erzya: пейдезевема (pejdezevema) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Esperanto: rideto — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Estonian: naeratus — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Evenki: инемусӣн (iņemusīn) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Evenki: инемур (iņemur) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Faroese: smíl — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Faroese: bros — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Finnish: hymy — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • French: sourire — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • West-Frisian: lach — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Gagauz: gülüş — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Galician: sorriso — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Georgian: ღიმი (ɣimi) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Georgian: ღიმილი (ɣimili) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • German: Lächeln — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • German: Lachla — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Greek: χαμόγελο (chamógelo) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Greek: χαμογέλιο (chamogélio) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Greek: χαμογέλασμα (chamogélasma) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Greek: μειδίαμα (meidíama) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Paraguayan Guarani: pukavy — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Gujarati: સ્મિત (smit) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Haitian Creole: souri — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Hausa: murmushi — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Hawaiian: minoʻaka — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Hebrew: חִיּוּךְ (khiyúkh) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Hindi: मुस्कान (muskān) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Hindi: मुसकुराहट (muskurāhaṭ) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Hindi: स्मित (smit) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Hindi: तबस्सुम (tabassum) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Hungarian: mosoly — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Hunsrik: Lechle — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Icelandic: bros — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ido: rideto — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ilocano: isem — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Indonesian: senyum — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Indonesian: senyuman — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ingush: велакъажар (velaqʼažar) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Interlingua: surriso — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Inupiaq: iglaŋa- — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Irish: meangadh — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Irish: fáthadh an gháire — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Irish: miongháire — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Irish: meangadh gáire — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Irish: aoibh — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Italian: sorriso — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Japanese: 微笑み (hohoemi) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Japanese: 笑み (emi) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Japanese: 笑顔 (egao) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Japanese: 微笑 (bishō) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Japanese: スマイル (sumairu) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Javanese: mèsem — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Kannada: ನಗೆ (nage) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Kapampangan: timan — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Karachay-Balkar: ышарыу (ışarıu) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Karachay-Balkar: ышаргъаны (ışarğanı) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Karelian: hymy — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Kashubian: smiéch — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Kazakh: жымию (jymiü) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Kazakh: күлкі (külkı) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Khakas: кӱлімзірес (külìmzìres) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Khakas: кӱлініс (külìnìs) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Northern Khanty: нях молаӈ (njah molaṇ) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Khmer: ញញឹម (ñɔɔñɔñɨm) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Komi-Zyrian: нюм (ńum) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Komi-Zyrian: ваш (vaš) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Korean: 미소 (miso) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Korean: 스마일 (seumail) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Kumyk: иржайыв (irjayıw) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Northern Kurdish: bişir — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Northern Kurdish: girrnij — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Northern Kurdish: bişkurr — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Northern Kurdish: kenê bêdeng — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Kyrgyz: жылмайыш (jılmayış) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ladin: ride — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ladino: סונריזה — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ladino: סונריזו — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ladino: sonriza — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ladino: sonrizo — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Lao: ຍິ້ມ (nyim) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Latgalian: smaids — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Latin: subrīsus — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Latin: surrīsus — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Latin: rīsus — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Latvian: smaids — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Laz: ძიცა (żiʒa) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Laz: ძიცინა (żiʒina) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Lezgi: хъвер (qver) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Lezgi: хъуьруьн (qürün) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ligurian: fatorîzo — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ligurian: sorîzo — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Lithuanian: šypsena — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Lombard: soris — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Low German: Schmusterlachen — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Low German: Lächeln — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Lun Bawang: rimud — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Luxembourgish: Laachen — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Macedonian: насмевка (nasmevka) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Malay: senyum — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Malayalam: പുഞ്ചിരി (puñciri) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Malayalam: ചിരി (ciri) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Malayalam: മന്ദഹാസം (mandahāsaṁ) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Malayalam: മന്ദസ്മിതം (mandasmitaṁ) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Maltese: tbissima — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Manx: mongey — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Manx: mynghearey — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Māori: memene — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Maranao: gemen — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Mari: шыргыжмаш (šyrgyžmaš) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Marwari: मुळक (muḷak) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Mingrelian: ღიჯგინი (ɣiǯgini) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Mirandese: risa — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Mirandese: sunrisa — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Moksha: пе́едема (péjedema) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Moksha: низелдома (nizeldoma) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Moksha: мзолф (mzolf) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Mongolian: инээмсэглэл (ineemseglel) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Nahuatl: ixhuetzquiliztli — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Neapolitan: resella — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tundra Nenets: ванерабтёва (wanyerabtyowa) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Nepali: मुस्कान (muskān) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Nganasan: бәнырыбты (bənyrybty) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Nogai: йылмаюв (yılmayuv) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Norwegian Bokmål: smil — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: smil — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Nupe: etsan — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Occitan: risoleg — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Occitan: riseta — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Southern Ohlone: tchumin — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ossetian: мидбылты худт (midbylty xudt) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ошмих (ošmix) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ошмищок (ošmiščok) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Papiamentu: sonrisa — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Pashto: تبسم (tabasóm) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Pashto: موسکا (moskã) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Dari: لَبْخَنْد (labxand) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Dari: پوزْخَنْد (pōzxand) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Dari: تَبَسُّم (tabassum) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Iranian Persian: لَبْخَنْد (labxand) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Iranian Persian: پوزْخَنْد (puzxand) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Iranian Persian: تَبَسُّم (tabassom) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Piedmontese: soris — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Polish: uśmiech — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Portuguese: sorriso — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Punjabi: ਮੁਸਕਾਨ (muskān) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Punjabi: مُسْکاݨ (muskāṇ) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Quechua: thiti — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Quechua: asiri — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Quechua: chiqchi — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Quechua: asi — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Romanian: zâmbet — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Romanian: surâs — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Romansh: surrir — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Russian: улы́бка (ulýbka) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Russian: усме́шка (usméška) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Kildin-Sami: муэййнэмушш (muejjnemušš) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Kildin-Sami: муэйнант (muejnant) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Kildin-Sami: сӣййнмушш (sījjnmušš) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Sanskrit: स्मित (smita) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Sanskrit: मंदहास (maṃdahāsa) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Santali: lãda — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Sardinian: arrísu — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Sardinian: risichédhu — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Scots: smirk — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Scots: smil — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàite-gàire — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Scottish Gaelic: fiamh-ghàire — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Scottish Gaelic: snodha-gàire — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Serbo-Croatian: smiješak — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Serbo-Croatian: osmeh — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏сме̄х — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏смије̄х — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍsmēh — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍsmijēh — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Shona: nyemwerera — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Sicilian: surrisu — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Sinhalese: හිනාව (hināwa) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Sinhalese: සිනහව (sinahawa) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Slovak: úsmev — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Slovene: nasmeh — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Lower Sorbian: smjejkotanje — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Upper Sorbian: smějkot — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Upper Sorbian: posměwk — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Upper Sorbian: posměw — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Spanish: sonrisa — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Old Spanish: risete — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Sranan Tongo: lafufesi — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Svan: მუ̄ქუ̂ (mūkû) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Swahili: kicheko — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Swedish: leende — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Swedish: smil — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tagalog: ngiti — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tajik: табассум (tabassum) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tajik: лабханд (labxand) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tajik: писханд (pisxand) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tajik: пӯзханд (püzxand) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tamil: புன்னகை (puṉṉakai) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tatar: елмаю (yılmayu) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tatar: көлемсерәү (kölemseräw) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tausug: uyum — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Telugu: చిరునవ్వు (cirunavvu) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tetum: oin midar — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Thai: รอยยิ้ม (rɔɔi-yím) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Thai: ยิ้ม (yím) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tigrinya: ፍሽኸታ (fəšxäta) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tocharian B: smīlñe — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tofa: чырыыры — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tofa: чапсынары — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Turkish: gülüş — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Turkish: gülümseme — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Turkish: gülme — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Turkish: tebessüm — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Turkmen: ýylgyryş — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tuvan: хүлумзүрүүшкүн (xülumzürüüşkün) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Tuvan: хүлүмзүрүг (xülümzürüg) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Udmurt: пальпотон (paľpoton) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Udmurt: мальпотон (maľpoton) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ukrainian: у́смішка (úsmiška) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Ukrainian: посмі́шка (posmíška) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Urdu: مُسْکُرَاہَٹ (muskurāhaṭ) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Urdu: تَبَسُّم (tabassum) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Urdu: مُسْکان (muskān) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Uyghur: تەبەسسۈم (tebessüm) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Uzbek: iljayish — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Uzbek: jilmayish — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Uzbek: tabassum — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Venetan: soríxo — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Veps: muhu — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Vietnamese: cười — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Volapük: smilil — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Volapük: smilül — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Võro: naarahtus — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Võro: naarahus — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Walloon: sourire — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Walloon: sorîre — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Walloon: riselèt — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Welsh: gwên — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Xhosa: incumo — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Yakut: мичээр (mičeer) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Yiddish: שמייכל (shmeykhl) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Yiddish: שמאָך (shmokh) — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Yoruba: ẹ̀rín — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Zhuang: najriu — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Zulu: ukumamatheka — a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice
  • Abkhaz: аҧышәырччара (apəŝwərččara) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Afrikaans: glimlag — to have a smile on one's face
  • Albanian: buzëqesh — to have a smile on one's face
  • Southern Altai: кӱлер (küler) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Southern Altai: кӱлимзиренер (külimzirener) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Amharic: ፈገገ (fägägä) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Arabic: اِبْتَسَمَ (ibtasama) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Armenian: ժպտալ (žptal) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Asturian: sonrir — to have a smile on one's face
  • Asturian: sorrir — to have a smile on one's face
  • Aymara: sixsiña — to have a smile on one's face
  • Azerbaijani: gülümsəmək — to have a smile on one's face
  • Azerbaijani: təbəssüm etmək — to have a smile on one's face
  • Azerbaijani: qımışmaq — to have a smile on one's face
  • Bashkir: йылмайыу (yılmayıw) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Belarusian: усміха́цца (usmixácca) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Belarusian: усміхну́цца (usmixnúcca) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Breton: mousc'hoarzhin — to have a smile on one's face
  • Bulgarian: усми́хвам се (usmíhvam se) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Bulgarian: усми́хна се (usmíhna se) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Burmese: ပြုံး (prum:) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Catalan: somriure — to have a smile on one's face
  • Cebuano: pahiyom — to have a smile on one's face
  • Eastern Cham: ꨯꨆꨵꨱ (klau) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Chepang: ङीःसा — to have a smile on one's face
  • Chichewa: mwetulira — to have a smile on one's face
  • Chinese Cantonese: 笑 (siu3) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Chinese Cantonese: 微笑 (mei4 siu3) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Chinese: 麻微笑 (bâ-bui-chhiò) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Chinese Mandarin: 微笑 (wēixiào) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Chinese Mandarin: 笑 (xiào) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Corsican: surride — to have a smile on one's face
  • Crimean Tatar: külümsemek — to have a smile on one's face
  • Czech: usmívat se — to have a smile on one's face
  • Czech: usmát se — to have a smile on one's face
  • Danish: smile — to have a smile on one's face
  • Drung: etsheu — to have a smile on one's face
  • Dutch: glimlachen — to have a smile on one's face
  • Dutch: smuilen — to have a smile on one's face
  • Esperanto: rideti — to have a smile on one's face
  • Estonian: naeratama — to have a smile on one's face
  • Extremaduran: sonril — to have a smile on one's face
  • Faroese: smíla — to have a smile on one's face
  • Faroese: brosa — to have a smile on one's face
  • Finnish: hymyillä — to have a smile on one's face
  • French: sourire — to have a smile on one's face
  • Galician: sorrir — to have a smile on one's face
  • Georgian: გაღიმება (gaɣimeba) — to have a smile on one's face
  • German: lächeln — to have a smile on one's face
  • Greek: χαμογελάω (chamogeláo) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Greek: χαμογελώ (chamogeló) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Ancient Greek: μειδάω (meidáō) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Paraguayan Guarani: pukavy — to have a smile on one's face
  • Gujarati: મલકવું (malakvũ) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Haitian Creole: souri — to have a smile on one's face
  • Hawaiian: minoʻaka — to have a smile on one's face
  • Hebrew: חייך \ חִיֵּךְ (khiyékh) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Hindi: मुस्काना (muskānā) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Hindi: मुस्कुराना (muskurānā) — to have a smile on one's face
  • White Hmong: luag — to have a smile on one's face
  • Hungarian: mosolyog — to have a smile on one's face
  • Hunsrik: lechle — to have a smile on one's face
  • Icelandic: brosa — to have a smile on one's face
  • Ido: ridetar — to have a smile on one's face
  • Ilocano: umisem — to have a smile on one's face
  • Indonesian: tersenyum — to have a smile on one's face
  • Ingrian: myhhiä — to have a smile on one's face
  • Interlingua: surrider — to have a smile on one's face
  • Irish: déan miongháire — to have a smile on one's face
  • Italian: sorridere — to have a smile on one's face
  • Iu Mien: njeic — to have a smile on one's face
  • Japanese: 微笑む (hohoemu) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Japanese: 笑う (warau) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Javanese: esem — to have a smile on one's face
  • Javanese: mesem — to have a smile on one's face
  • S'gaw Karen: နံၤကမှံ (neē ka mhgee) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Kazakh: езу тарту (ezu tartu) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Kazakh: жылмың кағу (jylmyñ kağu) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Khmer: ញញឹម (ñɔɔñɔñɨm) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Korean: 미소를 짓다 (miso-reul jitda) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Korean: 미소짓다 (misojitda) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Korean: 웃다 (utda) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Korean: 미소하다 (misohada) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Central Kurdish: زەردەخەنە کردن (zerdexene kirdin) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Northern Kurdish: bişirîn — to have a smile on one's face
  • Northern Kurdish: girrnijîn — to have a smile on one's face
  • Northern Kurdish: bişkurrîn — to have a smile on one's face
  • Northern Kurdish: bêdeng kenîn — to have a smile on one's face
  • Kyrgyz: жагуу (jaguu) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Kyrgyz: жылмаюу (jılmayuu) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Kyrgyz: күлүмсүрөө (külümsüröö) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Ladino: sonreir — to have a smile on one's face
  • Lao: ຍິ້ມ (nyim) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Latin: subrīdeō — to have a smile on one's face
  • Latin: surrīdeō — to have a smile on one's face
  • Latvian: smaidīt — to have a smile on one's face
  • Lithuanian: šypsotis — to have a smile on one's face
  • Luganda: mwenya — to have a smile on one's face
  • Lun Bawang: merimud — to have a smile on one's face
  • Luxembourgish: lächelen — to have a smile on one's face
  • Luxembourgish: schmunzen — to have a smile on one's face
  • Luxembourgish: schmunzelen — to have a smile on one's face
  • Luxembourgish: schmonzen — to have a smile on one's face
  • Macedonian: се насмевнува (se nasmevnuva) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Macedonian: се насмевне (se nasmevne) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Malay: tersenyum — to have a smile on one's face
  • Malayalam: ചിരിക്കുക (cirikkuka) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Malayalam: പുഞ്ചിരിക്കുക (puñcirikkuka) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Malayalam: മന്ദഹസിക്കുക (mandahasikkuka) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Malayalam: മന്ദസ്മിതം തൂകുക (mandasmitaṁ tūkuka) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Maltese: tbissem — to have a smile on one's face
  • Marathi: हास्य (hāsya) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Marwari: मुळकणौ (muḷakṇau) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Mirandese: sunrir — to have a smile on one's face
  • Mongolian: инээмсэглэх (ineemseglex) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Nahuatl: paqui — to have a smile on one's face
  • Navajo: chʼídeedlóóh — to have a smile on one's face
  • Nepali: मुस्कुराउनु (muskurāunu) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Nepali: मुस्काउनु (muskāunu) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Norwegian Bokmål: smile — to have a smile on one's face
  • Nupe: mátsan — to have a smile on one's face
  • Occitan: sorire — to have a smile on one's face
  • Old English: smearcian — to have a smile on one's face
  • Oromo: seequu — to have a smile on one's face
  • Pacoh: cacháng — to have a smile on one's face
  • Pashto: تبسم کول (tabasóm kawǝ́l) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Pashto: مسکا کول (mǝskā kawǝ́l) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Persian: لبخند زدن (labxand zadan) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Persian: تبسم کردن (tabassom kardan) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Pipil: paki — to have a smile on one's face
  • Pipil: paqui — to have a smile on one's face
  • Polish: uśmiechać się — to have a smile on one's face
  • Polish: uśmiechnąć się — to have a smile on one's face
  • Portuguese: sorrir — to have a smile on one's face
  • Quechua: asiy — to have a smile on one's face
  • Romanian: zâmbi — to have a smile on one's face
  • Romanian: surâde — to have a smile on one's face
  • Romansh: surrir — to have a smile on one's face
  • Russian: улыба́ться (ulybátʹsja) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Russian: улыбну́ться (ulybnútʹsja) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Russian: усмеха́ться (usmexátʹsja) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Russian: усмехну́ться (usmexnútʹsja) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Sanskrit: स्मयते (smayate) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Scots: smile — to have a smile on one's face
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèan gàire — to have a smile on one's face
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèan snodha-gàire — to have a smile on one's face
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèan fàite-gàire — to have a smile on one's face
  • Serbo-Croatian: насмешити се — to have a smile on one's face
  • Serbo-Croatian: насмијешити се — to have a smile on one's face
  • Serbo-Croatian: осмје́хнути се — to have a smile on one's face
  • Serbo-Croatian: nasmešiti se — to have a smile on one's face
  • Serbo-Croatian: nasmiješiti se — to have a smile on one's face
  • Serbo-Croatian: osmjéhnuti se — to have a smile on one's face
  • Shan: ယုမ်ႉ (yṵ̂m) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Shan: ယုမ်ႉၶူဝ် (yṵ̂m khǒ) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Sinhalese: හිනා වෙනවා (hinā wenawā) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Slovak: usmievať sa — to have a smile on one's face
  • Slovak: usmiať sa — to have a smile on one's face
  • Slovene: nasmihati se — to have a smile on one's face
  • Slovene: nasmehniti se — to have a smile on one's face
  • Spanish: sonreír — to have a smile on one's face
  • Old Spanish: sonreir — to have a smile on one's face
  • Swahili: tabasamu — to have a smile on one's face
  • Swedish: le — to have a smile on one's face
  • Tagalog: ngumiti — to have a smile on one's face
  • Tajik: лабханд задан (labxand zadan) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Tajik: табассум кардан (tabassum kardan) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Tatar: елмаерга (yılmayırğa) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Tboli: gemé — to have a smile on one's face
  • Thai: ยิ้ม (yím) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Tibetan: འཛུམ ('dzum) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Tocharian B: smi- — to have a smile on one's face
  • Tumbuka: kumwemwetera — to have a smile on one's face
  • Turkish: gülümsemek — to have a smile on one's face
  • Turkish: tebessüm etmek — to have a smile on one's face
  • Ottoman Turkish: گولمك (gülmek) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Turkmen: ýyrşarmak — to have a smile on one's face
  • Tuvan: хүлүмзүрүүр (xülümzürüür) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Ukrainian: усміха́тися (usmixátysja) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Ukrainian: усміхну́тися (usmixnútysja) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Ukrainian: посміха́тися (posmixátysja) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Ukrainian: посміхну́тися (posmixnútysja) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Unami: këlëksëwinkwèxi — to have a smile on one's face
  • Urdu: مُسْکُرَانا (muskurānā) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Urdu: مُسْکانا (muskānā) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Uyghur: كۈلۈمسىرىمەك (külümsirimek) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Uyghur: كۈلمەك (külmek) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Uyghur: خۇش خۇيلۇق (xush xuyluq) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Uyghur: تەبەسسۇم قىلماق (tebessum qilmaq) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Uzbek: iljaymoq — to have a smile on one's face
  • Uzbek: jilmaymoq — to have a smile on one's face
  • Uzbek: tabassum qilmoq — to have a smile on one's face
  • Vietnamese: cười — to have a smile on one's face
  • Vietnamese: cười mỉm — to have a smile on one's face
  • Volapük: smililön — to have a smile on one's face
  • Volapük: smilülön — to have a smile on one's face
  • Welsh: gwenu — to have a smile on one's face
  • Yiddish: שמייכלען (shmeykhlen) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Yiddish: צעשמייכלען (tseshmeykhlen) — to have a smile on one's face
  • Yoruba: rẹ́rìn-ín — to have a smile on one's face
  • ǃXóõ: ǁqʻàẽ — to have a smile on one's face
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