grimace

== English == === Etymology === From French grimace, from Middle French grimace, from Old French grimace, grimuche, from grime (“mask”) (with the pejorative suffix -ace, from Latin -āceus), from Frankish *grīma, *grīmō (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask, helmet”). Cognate with Old English grīma (“mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition”). More at grime. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪm.əs/, (now rare) /ɡɹɪˈmeɪs/; enPR: grĭm'-əs, grĭ-mās' (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪm.əs/, (now very rare) /ɡɹɪˈmeɪs/; enPR: grĭm'-əs, grĭ-mās' Rhymes: -eɪs 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 === grimace (plural grimaces) A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain. (obsolete) Affectation, pretence. ==== Derived terms ==== grimacey ==== Translations ==== === Verb === grimace (third-person singular simple present grimaces, present participle grimacing, simple past and past participle grimaced) (intransitive) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== gurn === References === === Further reading === grimace on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Grimacing on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === Gemaric, Megaric == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French grimace, from Old French grimace, grimuche (“a contorted or wry face, grotesque countenance”), from grime (“mask”) +‎ -ace (pejorative suffix; from Latin -āceus), from Old Frankish *grīma, *grīmo (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask, helmet, cover, night”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to strip, paint, smear”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grime (“mask”), Old Saxon grīma (“mask”), Old English grīma (“mask”), Old Norse gríma (“mask, helmet, night”). More at grime. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁi.mas/ === Noun === grimace f (plural grimaces) grimace ==== Derived terms ==== grimacer ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire des grimaces ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: grimasse → Dutch: grimas → English: grimace → Estonian: grimass → German: Grimasse f→ Russian: гримаса (grimasa) → Romanian: grimasă → Serbo-Croatian: grimasa → Swedish: grimas === Verb === grimace inflection of grimacer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “grimace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012