icon

i-con · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A small graphic symbol on a computer screen representing a program, file, or function.

  2. 2.

    A person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or worthy of veneration.

  3. 3.

    (Religion) A painting of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint, especially in the Eastern Orthodox tradition.

Forms

plural: icons

Related words

See also: emblem, iconic, image, symbol
Synonyms: emblem, image, representation, symbol

Etymology

From Latin icon, from Greek eikon ("likeness, image, portrait"), from eoika ("to be like, to resemble").