grimace

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

grimace

from the Frankish grima ('mask'), from which two lineages of words emerged, one related to magic ('grimoire', 'grimaud'), the other to facial expressions ('grimer', 'grime') and found in the English word 'grim'.

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grimaces

Translations

  • germangerman:Grimasse
  • englishenglish:grimace
  • spanishspanish:mueca
  • greekgreek:μορφασμός
  • italianitalian:smorfia
  • japanesejapanese:しかめっ面
  • polishpolish:mina
  • portugueseportuguese:careta
  • russianrussian:гримаса

See also

grimaces (v.) grimaçant (adj.) grimacer (v.) grimacier (adj.) grimacier (cn.)