icon
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin icon, from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikōn, “likeness, image, portrait”). Eastern Orthodox Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded in 1982.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
icon (plural icons)
- An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
- A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.
- 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.
- A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)
- (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.
- Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.
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Translations [edit]
image
religious painting
exemplar
small picture, computer icon
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Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikōn, “likeness, image, portrait”).
Noun [edit]
īcon (genitive īconis); f, third declension
- an image
- (later Latin): icon (religious painting)
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īcon | īconēs |
| genitive | īconis | īconum |
| dative | īconī | īconibus |
| accusative | īconem | īconēs |
| ablative | īcone | īconibus |
| vocative | īcon | īconēs |
