icon

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
2. (especially) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.
3. (broadly) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
4. A small picture that represents something.
5. (Internet, informal) A small picture that represents something.
6. A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.

Konzepte

Ikone

Icon

Symbol

Ikon

Bild

Zeichen

Piktogramm

Grafik

Ikon Ikone

Bildsymbol

Bildzeichen

Schaubild

Zeichnung

Heiligenbild

Abbildung

Synonyme

image

ikon

picture

illustration

sacred image

idol

pictogram

symbol

portrait

figure

iconography

likeness

painting

🖼️

photo

pictograph

portrayal

portraying

shot

simulacrum

statue

tablature

tableau

video

eidos

pictorial view

delineation

insert drawing

depicting

depiction

diagram

drawing

effigy

exposure

frame

graphic

graven image

Übersetzungen

icona

icône

icono

ícone

ícono

icoon

εικόνα

icona

pictogram

εικόνισμα

icon

εικονίδιο

ikon

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈaɪ.kɒn/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.