icoon

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Synoniemen

pictogram

idool

icon

Vertalingen

icon

ícono

icono

icona

ícone

icône

εικόνα

Ikone

icona

εικόνισμα

icon

εικονίδιο

είδωλο

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/iˈkoːn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Geleend van Latijn: 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.