icône

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See also: icone and ícone

French

L'icône russe du Theotokos.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian икона (ikona, “(Eastern Orthodox) religious image”) ; in the GUI sense from English icon, ultimately from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “figure, image, etc.”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.kon/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

icône f (plural icônes)

  1. (chiefly Christianity) icon (representation as an object of religious devotion)
    les saintes icônes ― the holy icons
  2. (graphical user interface) icon (small picture that represents something)
    Synonym: pictogramme

Usage notes

In the GUI sense, the word is sometimes treated as masculine.

Noun

icône m or f by sense (plural icônes)

  1. (figurative) icon (exemplar person or thing)
    Synonym: archétype
    Il est un icône du ski. ― He's a skiing icon.

Derived terms

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Latin īcon, from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”).

Noun

icône f (plural icônes)

  1. (Jersey, religion, art, computing) icon
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