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Definition for: icon

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English

Etymology

From Latin icon , derived from Greek εἰκών ( eikon ) "likeness, image, figure, representation".

Noun

Singular
icon

Plural
icons

icon ( plural icons )

A religious icon
  1. image, picture, representation
  2. a religious painting, often done on wooden panels
  3. a person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
    That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense".
  4. a small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function)
  5. ( linguistics ) : A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also symbol and index.

Related terms

  • iconic
  • iconify
  • Iconstasis
  • iconoclast
  • iconography

Translations

image

  • Bosnian: ikona f .
  • Dutch: icoon n .
  • Finnish: ikoni, symboli
  • Greek: απεικόνισμα [apiˈko̞niˌzma] n , εικόνα [iˈko̞na] f , απεικόνιση [apiˈko̞niˌsi] f , παράσταση [paˈrastaˌsi] f , αναπαράσταση [anapaˈrastaˌsi] f , ομοίωμα [o̞ˈmio̞ˌma] n , είδωλο [ˈiðo̞ˌlo̞] n , απείκασμα [aˈpikaˌzma] n
  • Italian: icona f .
  • Polish: ikona f .
  • Serbian
Cyrillic: икона f .
Latin: ikona f .
  • Spanish: icono m . , ícono m .

religious painting

  • Bosnian: ikona f .
  • Dutch: icoon n .
  • Finnish: ikoni
  • Greek: εικόνα [iˈko̞na] f , εικόνισμα [iˈko̞niˌzma] n
  • Italian: icona f
  • Latin: icon f
  • Polish: ikona f
  • Serbian
Cyrillic: икона f .
Latin: ikona f .
  • Spanish: icono m . , ícono m .

the best example of something

  • Bosnian: ikona f .
  • Dutch: icoon, idool n .
  • Finnish: symboli, ikoni
  • Greek: είδωλο [ˈiðo̞ˌlo̞] n , ίνδαλμα [ˈinðalˌma] n , εικόνα [iˈko̞na] f
  • Italian: icona f .
  • Polish: ikona f . , symbol m .
  • Serbian
Cyrillic: икона f .
Latin: ikona f .
  • Spanish: icono m . , ícono m .

small picture

  • Bosnian: ikona f .
  • Dutch: icoon, pictogram n .
  • Finnish: kuvake
  • Greek: εικονίδιο [iko̞ˈniðiˌo̞] n
  • Italian: icona f .
  • Polish: ikona f . , ikonka f .
  • Serbian
Cyrillic: икона f .
Latin: ikona f .
  • Spanish: icono m . , ícono m .

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  • Interlingua : icono

Latin

Etymology

From Greek εἰκών ( eikon ) "likeness, image, figure, representation"

Noun

  1. an image
  2. ( later Latin ): icon ( religious painting )

See also

  • iconicus
  • iconismus

Other Translations for "icon"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Codeicon
Hex69 63 6f ee
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