icône
French
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian икона (ikona, “(Eastern Orthodox) religious image”) [1859]; in the GUI sense from English icon, ultimately from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “figure, image, etc.”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /i.kon/
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) - Rhymes: -on
Noun
[edit]icône f (plural icônes)
- (chiefly Christianity) icon (representation as an object of religious devotion)
- les saintes icônes ― the holy icons
- (graphical user interface) icon (small picture that represents something)
- Synonym: pictogramme
Usage notes
[edit]In the GUI sense, the word is sometimes treated as masculine.
Noun
[edit]icône m or f by sense (plural icônes)
- (figurative) icon (exemplar person or thing)
- Synonym: archétype
- Il est un icône du ski. ― He's a skiing icon.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “icône”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin īcon, from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”).
Noun
[edit]icône f (plural icônes)
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