grimace

Etymology
From, from , from , , from (with the pejorative suffix , from Latin ), from , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬. More at.

Pronunciation

 * The pronunciation with stress on the second syllable was the usual one in the 1700s and 1800s, found in poetry and preferred by dictionaries to the pronunciation with stress on the first syllable, but it is now very rare.
 * The pronunciation with stress on the second syllable was the usual one in the 1700s and 1800s, found in poetry and preferred by dictionaries to the pronunciation with stress on the first syllable, but it is now very rare.
 * The pronunciation with stress on the second syllable was the usual one in the 1700s and 1800s, found in poetry and preferred by dictionaries to the pronunciation with stress on the first syllable, but it is now very rare.
 * The pronunciation with stress on the second syllable was the usual one in the 1700s and 1800s, found in poetry and preferred by dictionaries to the pronunciation with stress on the first syllable, but it is now very rare.
 * The pronunciation with stress on the second syllable was the usual one in the 1700s and 1800s, found in poetry and preferred by dictionaries to the pronunciation with stress on the first syllable, but it is now very rare.

Noun

 * 1) A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.
 * 2)  Affectation, pretence.
 * 1)  Affectation, pretence.

Translations

 * Aromanian: strãmbãturã
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ganyota
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: grimaco
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, moca
 * Georgian: გრიმასა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: irvissös
 * Irish: strainc, grainc, cár, gramhas, strabhas, scaimh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: sanna
 * Luxembourgish: Grimass
 * Marathi: चर्या विरूपता
 * Norwegian: grimase
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: гримаснича
 * Catalan: fer ganyotes
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 扮鬼臉
 * Czech:
 * Danish: grimassere
 * Esperanto: grimaci
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, faire des grimaces
 * German: Grimassen schneiden
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: irvistää
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: surringor
 * Maori: whāita, whakamenemene, moteko, whakamoteko, whakahamero, whakatekoteko, ngeri, whakatoretore, whakapī
 * Norwegian: gjøre grimase, lage grimase
 * Persian: قیافه ی خود را در هم کشیدن, روی ترش کردن
 * Portuguese: fazer careta/caretas
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: кревељити се
 * Spanish: hacer gestos, hacer muecas
 * Swedish:

Etymology
, from, , from , from Old , , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at.