smiley
French, noun/smaj.lɛ/
smiley is spelled S-M-I-L-E-Y (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,795th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Smiley is a French masculine noun meaning “smiley (logo of smiling face)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Représentation graphique d’un visage humain souriant, le plus souvent coloré en jaune”.
What does smiley mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmiley (logo of smiling face)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Représentation graphique d’un visage humain souriant, le plus souvent coloré en jaune.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of smiley
- smileys plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce smiley?
- /smaj.lɛ/
- \smaj.lɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to smiley
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is smiley in French?
smiley appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).