Added 9 October 2026
icon
/ˈaɪ.kɒn/ noun
In Latin: icon, icuncula First recorded: 1982 Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about icon at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
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A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface.
they showed us the pictures of their wedding
- A conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church.
Origin
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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