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== English == === Alternative forms === eikon, ikon (only in sense of religious image) === Etymology === From Latin īcōn, from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”). Eastern Orthodox Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded in 1982. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.kɒn/, /ˈaɪ.kən/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.kɑn/ Rhymes: -aɪkən === Noun === icon (plural icons) An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion. Synonyms: (sometimes) idol, (pejorative) graven image (religion, especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. (by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar, Thesaurus:model (graphical user interface) A small picture that represents something. (Internet, informal) An image used to represent a user; an avatar or profile picture. (linguistics, semiotics) A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. Coordinate terms: symbol, index. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === icon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia icon (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === COIN, Coin, Nico, cion, coin, coni == Classical Nahuatl == === Noun === īcon third-person singular possessed form of comitl == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈiː.koːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.kon] === Noun === īcōn f (genitive īconis); third declension image, artistic representation of a thing (Medieval Latin) icon, a religious portrait ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== īconicus īconismus === References === “icon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "icon", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “icon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. icon in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[5], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English icon. Doublet of icoană. === Noun === icon n (plural iconuri) (computing) icon ==== Declension ====