grin

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
2. (transitive) To express by grinning.
3. (dated, intransitive) To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
4. (transitive) To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.

Conceptes

somriure

😄

somrís

😄

Sinònims

smile

😄

show the teeth

smirk

😏

laugh

😆

grimace

sneer

smiling

beam

giggle

grinning

😀

bare the teeth

smilingly

jeer

snarl

fleer

snicker

snigger

make faces

smile sweetly

mump

bared teeth

chuckle

express joy

simper

Traduccions

sourire

😄

ghignare

grinsen

😁

sorriso

😄

sonrisa

😄

sorrir

😄

Grinsen

ghigno

sonreír

😄

sogghigno

smorfia

sorridere

😄

rictus

glimlach

😄

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡɹɪn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: grennan

Cognat amb danès: grine

In summary

From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, from Proto-West Germanic *grannjōn, from Proto-Germanic *granjōną. Related to groan. Compare to Middle High German grennen (“to mutter, complain”) and Danish grine (“to show one's teeth, to laugh”)