icon
Betekenis
- An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
- A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.
- A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
- A small picture that represents something.
- (informal) A small picture that represents something.
- A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈaɪ.kɒn/
Etymologie
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.
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