émoticônecommon nounSyllable DecompositionémoticôneEtymologyexpandcalque from English emoticon (1990), from emotion and icon.Definition1. Drawing made with ASCII characters or graphically rendered which, when viewed sideways in the typographic case, suggests a face whose expression reflects the state of mind of the person writing the message (email, blog, forum) in which it is inserted.flags.néologismeinformatiqueexpandSynonymsbinettebonhomme sourirebouillefrimoussesmileysouriantsouriardtrombinetronchePluralémoticônesTranslationsenglish:smileyspanish:emoticónfinnish:hymiöpolish:emotikona