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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024i•con /ˈaɪkɑn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a picture, esp. of Christ, a saint, etc., painted on a wooden panel and venerated in the Eastern Church.
- a representation that stands for something it resembles; symbol.
- 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 © 2024i•con (ī′kon),USA pronunciation n. - a picture, image, or other representation.
- 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.
- a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it.
- Computinga picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing.
- 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 - 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
- an image, picture, representation, etc
- a person or thing regarded as a symbol of a belief, nation, community, or cultural movement
- a person regarded as a sex symbol or as a symbol of the latest fashion trends
- 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 © 2024icono-, - 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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