Icon
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English
Etymology
From Latin icon, derived from Greek εἰκÏν (eikon) "likeness, image, figure, representation".
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- image, picture, representation
- 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.
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Translations
image
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religious painting
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the best example of something
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small picture
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- Interlingua: icono
Latin
Etymology
From Greek εἰκÏν (eikon) "likeness, image, figure, representation"
Noun
icon (genitive iconis); f., third declension
- an image
- (later Latin): icon (religious painting)