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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.
Definition 2024
icon
icon
See also: iĉon
English
Alternative forms
Noun
icon (plural icons)
- An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
- (religion) 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.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
image
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religious painting
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exemplar
small picture, computer icon
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Anagrams
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
- an image
- (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
References
- icon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ICON in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “icon”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- icon in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016