ICON


Meaning of ICON in English

[ 'ʌɪkɒn , -k(ə)n ]

■ noun

1》 (also ikon ) a devotional painting of Christ or another holy figure, typically on wood, venerated in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches.

2》 a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of veneration.

3》 Computing a symbol or graphic representation on a VDU screen of a program, option, or window.

4》 Linguistics a sign which has a characteristic in common with the thing it signifies, for example the word snarl pronounced in a snarling way.

Origin

C16 (in the sense 'simile'): via L. from Gk eikōn 'image'.

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