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Contento 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 2.2.2 Related terms

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From Latin icon < Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikōn) "likeness, image, portrait". Eastern Orthodox Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded in 1982.

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• Audio (US)	noicon
  (file)

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Icon (plural Icons)

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1. An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
2. A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.
3. A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.

   That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense.

4. A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)
5. (linguistics): A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also symbol and index.
6. Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.

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• iconic, iconoclastic, iconify
• iconoclasm, iconoclast,
• iconstasis, iconography

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• cion
• coin, COIN
• Nico

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From Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikōn) "likeness, image, portrait".

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īcon (genitive īconis); f, third declension

1. an image
2. (later Latin): icon (religious painting)

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Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	īcon	īconēs
genitive	īconis	īconum
dative	īconī	īconibus
accusative	īconem	īconēs
ablative	īcone	īconibus
vocative	īcon	īconēs

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• iconicus
• iconismus

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