say cheese

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

say cheese (third-person singular simple present says cheese, present participle saying cheese, simple past and past participle said cheese)

(idiomatic, chiefly imperative) To smile for a photograph by saying the word "cheese" (the vowel of which, when pronounced as is usual in English, forces a somewhat smile-shaped mouth).
- 2008, Tim Connelly, The Local News, page 41:
  Danny watched the birdie and said cheese, and then it was over and the wait began. Danny would wait for weeks in anticipation of the day the final product was passed out by his teacher Miss Turner.

Coordinate terms

cheeser

Translations

elicit a smile from someone for a photograph

Chinese:
Mandarin: 茄子 (zh) (qiézi)
Finnish: (there's no "standard" term)
Japanese: チーズ (ja) (chīzu)
Portuguese: dizer xis
Vietnamese: cười lên nào

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Translations to be checked

Catalan: digueu Lluíiiis
Icelandic: segðu sís
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} di patata

See also translations at cheese#Interjection

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