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Webster 1913 Edition


icon

i′con

(ī′kŏn)
,
Noun.
[Also spelled
ikon
.]
[L., fr. Gr.
εἰκών
.]
1.
An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
Netherlands whose names and
icons
are published.
Hakewill.

Webster 1828 Edition


Icon

I'CON

,
Noun.
[Gr. an image, to resemble.] An image or representation. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


icon

icon

See also: iĉon

English

Alternative forms

  • eikon, ikon (only in sense of religious image)

Noun

icon (plural icons)

A religious icon
  1. An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
  2. (religion) 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.
  6. Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, likeness, image, portrait).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiː.kon/, [ˈiː.kõ]

Noun

īcon f (genitive īconis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative īcon īconēs
genitive īconis īconum
dative īconī īconibus
accusative īconem īconēs
ablative īcone īconibus
vocative īcon īconēs

Related terms

  • iconicus
  • iconismus

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