icono
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French icône, from Russian ико́на (ikóna), from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn), εἰκόνος (eikónos, “image, likeness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈkono/ [iˈko.no]
- Rhymes: -ono
- Syllabification: i‧co‧no
Noun
icono m (plural iconos)
- icon (a representation, especially as an object of religious devotion)
- icon (a type of religious paining)
- (computing) icon (a small picture that represents something)
- (linguistics) icon (a word, character, or sign whose form is determined by the referent)
Related terms
- icónico
- iconoclasia
- iconoclasta
- iconografía
- iconólatra
- iconolatría
- iconología
Further reading
- “icono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024