emoji
Syllables: e·mo·jiUK/ɪˈməʊ.dʒi/US/ɪˈmoʊ.d͡ʒi/
emoji noun: a digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media.
Noun
emoji (plural emojis or emoji)
- A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media.
- In order to communicate quickly, many mobile phone users use emoji characters (similar to emoticons) while sending messages. Service providers have also created a set of emoji characters and have added support for it.2002, Language International: The Business Resource for a Multilingual Age, volume 14, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 45
- One of the most exciting announcements at Twitter's Chirp conference this week was "Annotated Tweets". […] The data attached doesn't have to be simple text. Twitter suggests examples such as MIDI data (for music) or emoji (for fancy emoticons).2010 April 17, Martin Bryant, “Twitter Reveals Details of New ‘Annotated Tweets’ Feature”, in The Next Web, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2017
- Any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, e.g. an image emoticon.
emoji meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
emoji in Hindi
- digital graphic icon
- इमोजी imojī
emoji in Marathi
- digital graphic icon
- इमोजी imojī
emoji in Urdu
- digital graphic icon
- ایموجی imojī
emoji in Bengali
- digital graphic icon
- ইমোজি imōji
More languagesFewer languages
- emoji in Pashto
- اېموجي emoji
- emoji in Arabic
- إِيمُوجِي ʔīmūjī
- emoji in Indonesian
- emoji
- emoji in Persian
- اموجی emoji, ایموجی imoji, شکلک šeklak
- emoji in Thai
- เอโมจิ
- emoji in Myanmar
- အီမိုဂျီ imuigyi
Examples of emoji in a sentence
- In public. […] Give it a shot – it's probably the one semi-practical thing you can do with an emoji[…].2011 April 5, Sam Biddle, “IRL Emojis: Our New Favourite Way to Waste Time on the Phone”, in Gizmodo, archived from the original on 20 Mar...
- Your prose is dopey / Think you should only / Write in emoji2014, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Word Crimes”:
- At present, Emoji functions not to replace the linguistic mode, but to complement it – the good old-fashioned English word is not going to be in danger any time soon.2017 August, Vyvyan Evans, “What’s in a Word?”, in The Emoji Code: The Linguistics behind Smiley Faces and Scaredy Cats, 1st US edition...
- Apple wants to introduce new emojis to better represent people with disabilities.2018 March 24, “Apple Wants to Introduce New Emojis for Disabled People”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2018:
Forms of emoji
| plural | emojis |
|---|---|
| plural | emoji |
Origin of emoji
Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”). False cognate of English emotion and emoticon.
Words formed from emoji
Phrases with emoji
Words that rhyme with emoji
Questions about emoji
- What does emoji mean?
- Emoji means a digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media.
- What is emoji in Hindi?
- Emoji in Hindi is इमोजी (imojī). See Emoji meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use emoji in a sentence?
- In public. […] Give it a shot – it's probably the one semi-practical thing you can do with an emoji[…].
- What part of speech is emoji?
- Emoji is a noun.
- How do you pronounce emoji?
- Emoji is pronounced /ɪˈməʊ.dʒi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of emoji?
- The plural of emoji is emojis.
Words near emoji in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emoji (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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