Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

duchenne smile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: duchen-ne s-mile
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A smile involving contraction of both the zygomatic major muscle (which raises the corners of the mouth) and the orbicularis oculi (which raises the cheeks and forms crow's feet around the eyes).

Etymology

Named after the French physician Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne (1806–1875) who identified it.

Inflected Forms

Duchenne smiles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does duchenne smile mean?: A smile involving contraction of both the zygomatic major muscle (which raises the corners of the mouth) and the orbicularis oculi (which raises the cheeks and forms crow's feet around the eyes).
Where does duchenne smile come from?: Named after the French physician Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne (1806–1875) who identified it.

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