icon
UK/ˈaɪ.kɒn//ˈaɪ.kɑn/
icon noun: an image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion.
Noun (1)
icon (plural icons)
- An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion.
- Synonyms:
- idol, graven image
- A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.
- Last week the Archdiocese sent emmissaries to investigate the icon and decided that the tears were not a hoax, Father Koufos said.1986 December 22, “‘Weeping Virgin’ Icon Draws Throngs To Chicago”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2023
- 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.
- Only a handful of rock musicians have become genuine icons - larger-than-life symbolic figures whose personal triumphs and vicissitudes seem to mirror the ups and downs of rock as a whole, and sometimes of the society that nurtures it. Often, rock icons become the objects of personality cults that...1981 May 31, Robert Palmer, “Two Icons of Rock Music”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2023
- Synonyms:
- archetype, byspel, case, beau ideal, case in point, embodiment, epitome, eponym, exemplar, exemplification
- A small picture that represents something.
- Click the loudspeaker icon to configure audio settings.
- The program's most quintessentially Macintoshian feature, one as yet unique among spreadsheets, is its icon bar, which resides at the top of the screen just below the standard menu bar. It contains 21 icons, each of which allows the user to perform a specified function with but a few clicks of the...1985 September 15, Erik Snadberg-Diment, “Number Crunching on the Macintosh”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2023
- A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.
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Noun (2) capitalized: ICON
ICON (plural ICONs)
- Acronym of index currency option note, a type of financial instrument.
icon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
icon in Hindi
- आइकन, प्रतीक चिह्न
icon in Tamil
- சின்னம், ஐகான்
icon in Marathi
- small picture, computer icon
- आयकन āykan
icon in Urdu
- آئیکن, آئکن, آئیکون
More languagesFewer languages
- icon in Bengali
- আইকন, আইকনের
- icon in Telugu
- ఐకాన్, చిహ్నం, చిహ్నము
- icon in Malayalam
- ഐക്കൺ
- icon in Kannada
- ಐಕಾನ್
- icon in Punjabi
- ਆਈਕਾਨ, ਆਈਕਨ
- icon in Gujarati
- ચિહ્ન, આયકન, આઇકોન
- icon in Odia
- ଆଇକନ୍, ଆଇକନ
- icon in Nepali
- आइकन, आइकॉन
- icon in Pashto
- نښه
- icon in Arabic
- قُونَة qūna, أَيْقُونَة ʔayqūna
- icon in Indonesian
- ikon, arca
- icon in Persian
- شمایل, نماک
- icon in Thai
- ไอคอน, สัญรูป, รูปเคารพ rûup-kao-róp
- icon in Vietnamese
- biểu tượng, linh ảnh, ảnh thánh, điển hình
- icon in Myanmar
- အိုင်ကွန် uingkwan
Examples of icon in a sentence
- Often, rock icons become the objects of personality cults that tend to overshadow their musical accomplishments.1981 May 31, Robert Palmer, “Two Icons of Rock Music”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2023:
- Barbie is viewed as an icon of American culture in her new biography, Barbie: Her Life and Times (Crown, $25), written by Billy Boy, a clothing and jewelry designer in Paris.1987 December 23, “Barbie: Doll, Icon Or Sexist Symbol?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2023:
- The program's most quintessentially Macintoshian feature, one as yet unique among spreadsheets, is its icon bar, which resides at the top of the screen just below the standard menu bar.1985 September 15, Erik Snadberg-Diment, “Number Crunching on the Macintosh”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on...
Synonyms of icon
- idol
- graven image
- archetype
- case
- beau ideal
- case in point
- embodiment
- epitome
- exemplar
- exemplification
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Forms of icon
| plural | icons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | eikon |
| alternative form | ikon |
| plural | ICONs |
Origin of icon
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.
Words formed from icon
Words that rhyme with icon
Questions about icon
- What does icon mean?
- Icon means an image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion.
- What is icon in Hindi?
- Icon in Hindi is आइकन, प्रतीक चिह्न. See Icon meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use icon in a sentence?
- Often, rock icons become the objects of personality cults that tend to overshadow their musical accomplishments.
- What part of speech is icon?
- Icon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce icon?
- Icon is pronounced /ˈaɪ.kɒn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of icon?
- The plural of icon is icons.
Words near icon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: icon (page history and authors); ICON (page history and authors); icon (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); icon (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); icon (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); icon (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); icon (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); icon (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); icon (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); icon (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); icon (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); icon (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); icon (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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