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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
i•con /ˈaɪkɑn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a picture, esp. of Christ, a saint, etc., painted on a wooden panel and venerated in the Eastern Church.
  2. a representation that stands for something it resembles; symbol.
  3. a small graphic image on a computer screen representing a disk drive, a file, a command, etc.:The icon of a wastebasket represents deleting a file.
i•con•ic, adj. 
i•co•nic•i•ty /ˌaɪkəˈnɪsɪti/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
i•con  kon),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a picture, image, or other representation.
  2. Religion[Eastern Ch.]a representation of some sacred personage, as Christ or a saint or angel, painted usually on a wood surface and venerated itself as sacred.
  3. a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it.
  4. Computinga picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing.
  5. Philosophy[Semiotics.]a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it.
Also, eikon, ikon (for defs. 1, 2).
  • Greek eikó̄n likeness, image, figure
  • Latin
  • 1565–75
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See image. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
icon /ˈaɪkɒn/ n
  1. Also: ikon a representation of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint, esp one painted in oil on a wooden panel, depicted in a traditional Byzantine style and venerated in the Eastern Church
  2. an image, picture, representation, etc
  3. a person or thing regarded as a symbol of a belief, nation, community, or cultural movement
  4. a person regarded as a sex symbol or as a symbol of the latest fashion trends
  5. a pictorial representation of a facility available on a computer system, that enables the facility to be activated by means of a screen cursor rather than by a textual instruction
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, from Greek eikōn image, from eikenai to be like
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
icono-, 
  1. a combining form meaning "image,'' "likeness,'' used in the formation of compound words:iconology.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] icon-. 
  • Greek eikono-, combining form of eikó̄n icon
  • Latin

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