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icon
English
Alternative forms
- eikon, ikon (only in sense of religious image)
Etymology
From Latin ?c?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (eik?n, “likeness, image, portrait”). Eastern Orthodox Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded in 1982.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?a?.k?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?a?.k??n/
Noun
icon (plural icons)
- An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
- Synonyms: idol, (pejorative) graven image
- (religion, especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.
- (by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar, Thesaurus:model
- (graphical user interface) A small picture that represents something.
- Click the loudspeaker icon to configure audio settings.
- (linguistics) A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.
- Coordinate terms: symbol, index.
Derived terms
- aniconic, aniconism
- iconism
Related terms
- iconic
- iconoclasm, iconoclast, iconoclastic
- iconify
- iconography
- iconstasis
Translations
Further reading
- icon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- icon (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- COIN, Coin, Nico, cion, coin, coni
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (eik?n, “likeness, image, portrait”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?i?.ko?n/, [?i?ko?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?i.kon/, [?i?k?n]
Noun
?c?n f (genitive ?conis); third declension
- an image
- (later Latin): icon (religious painting)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
- ?conicus
- ?conismus
References
- icon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- icon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- icon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- icon in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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hero
English
Etymology
From Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin h?r?s (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ???? (h?r?s, “demi-god, hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”). Related to Latin servo (“protect”). Displaced Middle English heleð, haleð, from Old English hæleþ.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h??o?/, /?hi?o?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h?????/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?h???o?/
- Hyphenation: he?ro
- Rhymes: -?????
Noun
hero (plural heroes, feminine heroine)
- Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
- A role model.
- The protagonist in a work of fiction.
- (poker) The current player, especially an hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: villain (“any opponent player”). Not to be confused with hero call (“a weak call against a supposed bluff”).
- Let's discuss how to play if the hero has KK, and there's an ace on board.
- (US) A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
- (food styling, chiefly attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.
- 2003, Solomon H. Katz, William Woys Weaver, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
- The preparation of the hero food involves any number of specialized techniques food stylists have developed to deal with the demands of photographing food.
- 2008, Linda Bellingham, Jean Ann Bybee, Brad G. Rogers, Food Styling for Photographers (page 8)
- Protect the hero food. Whether the hero items are on a table in the studio or in the refrigerator, freezer, etc., be sure they are identified as hero items and not for consumption.
- 2008, David Random, Defying Gravity (page 24)
- The food stylists this day had spent inordinate amounts of time preparing the hero product for a close-up scene.
- 2003, Solomon H. Katz, William Woys Weaver, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
- (web design) The eye-catching top portion of a web page, sometimes including a hero image; the portion above the fold.
Synonyms
- see Thesaurus:hero
- (sandwich): see sub
Derived terms
Related terms
- heroine (“hero (female)”)
See also
- kamikaze
- martyr
- shaheed
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Rohe, heor, hoer, rheo-, rohe
Cebuano
Etymology
From English hero, from Old French heroes, from Latin h?r?s (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ???? (h?r?s, “demi-god, hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: he?ro
Noun
hero
- a hero
German
Adverb
hero
- (archaic) Alternative form of her
Further reading
- “hero” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Luo
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
hero
- to love
Middle English
Determiner
hero
- Alternative form of here (“their”)
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