icoon

Signification (Anglais)

1. (feminine) an icon (religious image of a saint)
2. (feminine) an icon (small picture)

Concepts

icône

icon

icone

pictogramme

Synonymes

pictogram

idool

icon

Traductions

icon

icona

ícono

icono

ícone

εικόνα

Ikone

icona

icon

εικόνισμα

εικονίδιο

είδωλο

ίνδαλμα

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/iˈkoːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Emprunté à latin: īcōn

In summary

Borrowed 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.